Slavoj Zizek on How Antisemitism Can Tell the Truth and Still Be a Lie #zizek #slavojzizek #antisemitism #israel #palestine #philosophy

Anti-semitism is partially true. Don't be afraid. I don't have any tolerance for anti-semitism. I'm saying something very precise. Let's say I debate with an anti-semit. The moment I accept these terms of the debate. Okay, let's look at the real Jews. Are they like that or not? I've sold my soul to the devil. Let's say I debate with somebody in meter. This in Germany. And he says, okay, let's look at the fact. He will say, "Jews are seducing German girls." What can I say? Probably they do, and it's a good thing they do. He says, "Jews exploit Germans." Well, some of the Jews were rich, and in a formal sense they were exploiting the Germans. There is something for it in statistics. So should we say no, both sides exaggerate, truth is somewhere in the middle. No, anti-semitism is wrong, atriori formally. The question is not, is what they are saying about the Jews through or not? The question is, why does the Nazi universe need the figure of the Jew to maintain its identity? I'm here repeating my old joke taken from Lacan that if we have a pathological husband who is trellis pathologically of his wife's infidelity, suspect her to sleep with other men. Even if all his suspicions are true, his jealousy is nonetheless pathological. Because you know what makes it pathological is not the fact. It's not that, it's not true, but what role does trellisy play in his psychic identity? So whatever the facts, and we can play this game. Yes, Jews did have to match influence in journalism, whatever in banking. Ultimately, it doesn't matter. Anti-semitism is absolutely formally wrong. Again, not because how you compare it with the facts, but it's structured to cover up a lie. And as we know today, with the rise of new populism, the most dangerous lies are lies in the guise of truth. Where all that you say factually is true, but it's part of a semantic field which is in itself a lie.