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Slavoj Žižek · Shoplifters of the World Unite · LRB 19 August 2011
Repetition, according to Hegel, plays a crucial role in history: when something happens just once, it may be dismissed as an accident, something that might have been avoided if the situation had been handled differently; but when the same event repeats itself, it is a sign that a deeper historical process is unfolding. When Napoleon lost at Leipzig in 1813, it looked like bad luck; when he lost again at Waterloo, it was clear that his time was over. The same holds for the continuing financial crisis. In September 2008, it was presented by some as an anomaly that could be corrected through better regulations etc; now that signs of a repeated financial meltdown are gathering it is clear that we are dealing with a structural phenomenon. We are told again and again that we are living through a debt crisis, and that we all have to share the burden and tighten our belts.deltiod
Here's what they're saying about SourceWatch: "The folks at the Center for Media and Democracy have done incredible work documenting fake grassroots ("astroturf") groups . Here, they're helping protect the rights of all Americans to exercise their right to vote . They are completely non-partisan. These guys are the real deal." "The troublemakers at the Center for Media and Democracy, for example, point to dozens of examples of " greenwashing ," which they defined as the "unjustified appropriation of environmental virtue by a company, an industry, a government or even a non-government organization to sell a product, a policy" or rehabilitate an image.

