I'm not sure I agreed with all of his points (at all) but the one about Trump shaking up the left is certainly valid. There is no doubt that the left - in the US and, for that matter also in the UK, France, Denmark and basically across the board - needs to find a way of dealing with the world as it is.

It seems right now that Denmark has no real opposition to our government - and as far as I can see from across the North Sea it seems pretty much the same in the UK. And democracy requires an opposition, regardless of who is in government.

Obama sent the left to sleep. He was their man and he was personable and dignified and they were so busy admiring him they never noticed that he wasn't actually pursuing their agenda.

The British Labour party has collapsed and there's nothing to take its place. The present government inspires little confidence and is little liked but faces no serious opposition.

I was a bit peeved at Zizek over his looking forward to the blowing up via Trump. There's a hopefulness in his sense that, I dunno, the world may not necessarily blow up. Still.

It's a deeply contentious view- but I think he should be allowed to make it without being shouted down.