Slavoj Žižek on Refugees, Conservatism, and Cultural Incompatibility | Big Think

Slavoj Žižek on Refugees, Conservatism, and Cultural Incompatibility New videos DAILY: Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How did we get to this refugee crisis? Newton’s Third Law. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. It’s something we may not consciously clock as we hear news and see devastating photographs of migrants crossing dangerous waters in crowded boats, fleeing for their lives. Why is this happening? If you rewind the history of these countries, tracing political event to event, you’ll find the firestarter – and more often than not, it’s a long arm that has reached past its own border to interfere in another country. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK: Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and cu