Charity ad for the price of a cappuccino

As told 3

“we pay charities not so much to help those out there but to make sure that they remain there, no? That they don't come.”
~3:04 No Sex please, We are Post-Human2009-01-20 · 1:20:27

“for the price of a couple of cappuccinos you can return to your life, really do nothing, but you can feel good”
43:08 The Situation is Catastrophic but not Serious2011-05-09 · 1:26:09

“we pay charity, charities, not so much to help those out there, but to make sure that they remain there, that they don't come.”
7:45 We’re Only Human2009-10-20 · 1:20:27

What it carries

one story, many jobs: the ideas this anecdote is deployed to argue, one tally mark per use (an idea page shows the same relation from the other end, as its shelf of stories)

contents · one story, 3 jobsuses

cultural capitalism ×2 pseudo-activity ×1 narcissism ×1

Its cast and sources

populated by

Hilary Neroni2 Samuel Maoz2 Ari Folman2 Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu2 Saint Theresa of Avila Church, New Orleans1 François Guizot1 Leonardo Padura Fuentes2 Anwar Congo2

alongside works

Risk Society2 20122 Ephesians (Paul)2 Waltz with Bashir2 Tsahal2 Topaz2 Stage Fright2 Lebanon2

Told together with

50% Golda Meir: I believe in Jewish people 2 shared talks 50% Žižek escaping student Q&A via fake dean summons 2 shared talks 50% learning to enjoy alcohol and cigarettes 2 shared talks 40% Fight Club: Ed Norton beats himself before his boss 2 shared talks 33% Chinese scientists: Three Gorges Dam caused earthquake 2 shared talks 33% Toms Shoes 1-for-1 formula 2 shared talks 33% Sound of Music censored in communist Yugoslavia 2 shared talks 18% Kung Fu Panda 2 shared talks 15% Dinner invitation: paying the bill ritual 2 shared talks 14% Da Vinci Code / Da Vinci, sex displaced onto Jesus 2 shared talks 14% Heydrich playing Beethoven string quartets 2 shared talks 11% Daisetz Suzuki's Knife 2 shared talks

Every retelling 3

~3:04 No Sex please, We are Post-Human2009-01-20 · 1:20:27

TV charity ads showing a suffering child and offering relief 'for the price of a cappuccino' function ideologically by giving the viewer a cheap way to feel good, ensuring structural suffering continues., illustrating pseudo-activity,ideology,cultural capitalism

43:08 The Situation is Catastrophic but not Serious2011-05-09 · 1:26:09

Newspaper ads showing disfigured children and asking for the price of two cappuccinos to save a life function ideologically: they allow one to return to normal life feeling virtuous while doing essentially nothing., illustrating lifestyle ethics as fetishist substitute,ideology of small gestures,narcissism

7:45 We’re Only Human2009-10-20 · 1:20:27

Television charity ads showing malnourished children from Africa or Guatemala with the message 'for the price of two cappuccinos you can change a child's life', Žižek argues these function to reassure the affluent they need not change anything structural, and in fact serve to keep the poor 'there' rather than here., illustrating ideology,cultural capitalism,charity and ideology