Quote by Slavoj Žižek

"Ideology is not a dreamlike illusion that we construct to escape insupportable reality; in its basic trunk ideology is a fantasy construction which enables us to sustain unbearable reality."

Slavoj Žižek Philosophy
Philosopher, Cultural Theorist Slovenian Born 1949 (age 77)

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