There is a multitude of forms of this appearing of un-freedom in the guise of its opposite: in being deprived of universal healthcare, we are told that we are being given a new freedom of choice {to choose our healthcare provider}; when we can no longer rely on long-term employment and are compelled to search for a new precarious job every couple of years, we are told that we are being given the opportunity to reinvent ourselves and discover our creative potential; when we have to pay for the education of our children, we are told that we are now able to become "entrepreneurs of the self," acting like a capitalist freely choosing how to invest the resources he possesses {or has borrowed}. In education, health, travel we are constantly bombarded by imposed "free choices"; forced to make decisions for which we are mostly not qualified {or do not possess enough information}, we increasingly experience our freedom as a burden that causes unbearable anxiety.
( Slavoj Žižek )
[ Absolute Recoil: Towards A New ]
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