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From: your gran Category: Art Date: 31 March 2008 Time: 05:54 PM Review: Grandmothers get a bad rap. Not only does Zizek say 'even' us, like we're the dumb shits, he also uses us for an analogy of how governments employ emotional blackmail. Authoritarian government is like a father who says 'if you don't go to see your gran you'll get a hiding'. What's much worse for Zizek is governments that are like dads who say 'your gran loves you, you don't have to go to see her but think how upset she'll be if you don't'. Well, I don't care if you don't come and see me. Zizek sucks eggs.