First tragedy, then farce

Slavoj Zižek on the economy of charity. The Slovenian philosopher deconstructs the practice of ethical consumption. He explains why "it is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institution of private property." - Instead, we have to try to reconstruct society so that poverty is not possible any more. Animated talk of RSA Animate.

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