Bernd
2021-03-07 21:22:39 ⋅ 3y
No. 111603
Watching the recently out serpentza video on the state of toilets he's encountered in China (go watch it in full if you're interested; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bUH36GS9Fk I've only attached the opening) I was for some reason reminded of that famous (if I can call it that) Žižek skit on the hermeneutics of toilets: how the differences between how toiletbowls are shaped in the three European nations of France, Germany, and England, are for some reason perfectly tied to the differences in their philosophical and cultural output too. (If you haven't heard that; I've attached an illustrated video narrated by one of the versions of that skit. He repeats it often.)
So, what can we learn about Chinese society simply from looking at their toilets, in a žižekian way?
Personal thoughts: one might say that China is privately a deeply personally traumatised society, where a pretty public façade hides behind itself a state of utter decay. Such scenes perhaps remind one of cases of deeply troubled families in US, who have faked on social media how they live a perfect life, but behind closed doors they have been abusing their children for years.
But perhaps another way to look at this is: China is no-bullshit; any act that must be done (such as shitting) will be done and no effort will be done in the process to make it more palatable. Shame at one's state doesn't exist; we all cope by projecting that everyone else is disgusting too. After all, isn't this how China has been running its international propaganda recently – purely through being utterly shameless about the situation at home while pointing finger and laughing at everyone else?
lors onions?
Bernd
2021-03-07 21:28:09 ⋅ 3y
No. 111604
Zizek is based and China is shit.
Bernd
2021-03-08 22:11:23 ⋅ 3y
No. 111647
Dirty shitters is sing of poverty they're not unique to China.