SLAVOJ ZIZEK-LIVING IN THE END TIMES

A SOMEWHAT PERTINENT DESCRIPTION APPROPRIATELY DESCRIBING MEXICO'S CULTURAL ELITE TODAY:

"ONE CAN THUS SAY THAT WHAT PUT THE LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF YUGOSLAVIA WAS
THE ATTEMPT BY ITS LEADING CIRCLE TO PROTECT THEIR LEADER'S IGNORANCE, TO ENSURE
HIS OUTLOOK REMAINED ROSY.

IS THIS NOT, ULTIMATELY, WHAT CULTURE IS? ONE OF THE MOST ELEMENTARY CULTURAL
SKILLS IS TO KNOW WHEN (AND HOW) TO PRETEND NOT TO KNOW (OR NOTICE), HOW TO
GO ON AND ACT AS IF SOMETHING WHICH HAS HAPPENED DID NOT IN FACT HAPPEN."

SLAVOJ ZIZEK