Re:John Carpenter’s ‘They Live’ was supposed to be a warning
by narag on Sunday June 20, 2021 @09:27AM
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So, contrary to Zizek's contention, it's not his "enlightenment" that causes problems, but his trying to fight against those with power. A lesser man might have thrown away the glasses after seeing the truth, or perhaps consciously and deliberately started cooperating with the aliens, as various traitor characters did in The Matrix and V, for example.
He has nothing to lose, for everybody else:
http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html