Saudi Arabia and Kuwait…are fully integrated into Western capitalism. Here, the USA has a very precise and simple interest: in order that these countries can be counted on for their oil reserves, they have to remain undemocratic (the underlying notion, of course, is that any democratic awakening could give rise to anti-American attitudes).

SLAVOJ ZIZEK on how the words “clash of civilization” are misleading http://ift.tt/2cufdaH