There is an old joke about socialism as the synthesis of the highest achievements of the whole human history to date: from prehistoric societies it took primitivism; from the Ancient world it took slavery; from medieval society brutal domination; from capitalism exploitation; and from socialism the name..
— Slavoj Zizek Contemporary

Philosopher, cultural critic

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2000s-2010s (approximate)

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Humorous

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