I was sweating bullets as I told this joke during a presentation on Zizeks First As Tragedy, Then As Farce. It was necessary to accurately describe Zizeks view of Liberal Democrats today and comes directly from the book. Fortunately it went over well after-all and people laughed, much to my relief: “In the good old days of Really Existing Socialism, a joke popular among dissidents was used to illustrate the futility of their protests. In the fifteenth century, when Russia was occupied by Mongols, a peasant and his wife were walking along a dusty country road; a Mongol warrior on a horse stopped at their side and told the peasant he would now proceed to rape his wife; he then added: But since there is a lot of dust on the ground, you must hold my testicles while I rape your wife, so that they will not get dirty! Once the Mongol had done the deed and ridden away, the peasant started laughing and jumping with joy. His surprised wife asked: How can you be jumping with joy when I was just brutally raped in your presence? The farmer answered: But I got him! His balls are covered with dust! This sad joke reveals the predicament of the dissidents: they thought they were dealing serious blows to the party Nomenklatura, but all they were doing was slightly soiling the Nomenklaturas testicles, while the ruling elite carried on raping the people. Is this not the position of the left today?”
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:48:27 +0000
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