Zizek on Charity and Cultural Capitalism

In this short RSA Animate, philosopher Slavoj Zizek criticizes charity and what he calls “cultural capitalism”¢â‚¬”think TOMS shoes or Fair Trade coffee¢â‚¬”as remedies that only perpetuate an immoral economic system.

Very provocative and well reasoned.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAMbpQ8J7g

David has been a systems thinker most of his life. He has started three businesses as well as designed and developed systems and processes in existing organizations. He has a Doctorate in Leadership and has also done additional post-graduate work in communications.

He has also pastored 3 churches and loves to think about, write about and podcast about scripture, theology, and leadership.

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