uncut Zizek interview

Good, here’s THE ORIGINAL DERBYSHIRE-ZIZEK INTERVIEW. I found the published “article” version if it to be frustrating. Zizek is such a great interview that I’d always rather just have the raw transcript.

An early sample:

“So it’s very easy to have a radical position which costs you nothing and for the price of nothing it gives you some kind of moral superiority. It also enables them to avoid the truly difficult questions.”

And this:

“As I like to emphasise here in the States, there are freedoms of choice which I am glad to renounce. I like to do a parallel between healthcare and water and electricity. Yes, you can say I don’t have a choice in choosing my water provider. It’s imposed by where I live. But, my god, I gladly renounce this choice. I prefer to have some basic choices made by society – water, electricity, and some elementary healthcare. This precisely opens up the choice, opens up the freedom for other choices.”

My God, I gladly renounce this choice too.