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The theme through all Zizek\u2019s gags is that the financial meltdown marks a seriously dangerous moment \u2014 dangerous not least because, as in the interpretation of 9.11, the right wing is ready to impose a narrative. And the left wing is caught without a narrative or a theory. \u201cToday is the time for theory,\u201d he says. \u201cTime to withdraw and think.\u201d<\/p>\n

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