Don't Stand in the Doorways, Don't Block Up the Halls

Before the weekend, here in the American grind, where the shards of empire and dreams tinkle to the ground like shattered crystalline snowflakes, please consider the hope and uplift offered by philosophe/political analyst manque Slavoj Zizek. IN an article in the UK Guardian, Mr Zizek dissects all of the fears of the "liberal" democracies and shows why what has occurred in Egypt is beyond a miracle--at once more ephemeral and tangible than that. It is nothing less than the wind of revolutionary freedom blowing through the world.He shows why the protestors could not seek any recognition from the government,since after thirty long years of oppression and corruption, Mubarak et al had no legitimacy. The western(including mr obama's) calls for a "gradualist"change based on fears of Islamism, was also specious, flying in the face of the revolutionary zeitgeist and the decades of support that the us provided despite MubarakKs tyranny. He also offers hope that the new Egypt will not be antisemitic, since only despair breeds that. Now that we are at a time when the us faces despair and regression of its own, where the american dream for many is replaced by the social contract, perhaps this is not an ill wind as the american people face the need to forge a new social contract--and a new dream--for our own nation. Zizek article here; http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2011/feb/10/egypt-miracle-tahrir-square