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Steve Bannon the Left Trumpian

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Žižek notes that Steve Bannon, a key Trump figure, was dismissed for wanting to raise taxes on the top 2%, a demand no Democrat makes, showing Trump addresses real economic wrongs in the liberal vision.

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“Steve Bannon... He said the first thing we should do is to raise maximum taxes for to percent.”
“You know who? Steve Bannon said this. So I am in good company.”
“He opened a school in Rome to educate right-wing populist how to bring disunity to Europe.”
40:17 Disorder Under Heaven2019-04-03 · 1:21:50

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Žižek notes that Steve Bannon, a key Trump figure, was dismissed for wanting to raise taxes on the top 2%, a demand no Democrat makes, showing Trump addresses real economic wrongs in the liberal vision., illustrating capitalism,liberalism-political-correctness
Žižek notes that Steve Bannon called him his favorite Marxist, and observes that Bannon's populist arguments against saving banks sound surprisingly like Bernie Sanders., illustrating fascism-populism,ideology
40:17 Disorder Under Heaven2019-04-03 · 1:21:50
Bannon opened a school in Rome to educate right-wing populists in how to bring disunity to Europe. Žižek takes this as evidence that Europe still stands for something, the bad guys hate it because its emancipatory idea is a threat to authoritarian capitalism., illustrating the idea of Europe,European masochism