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<p>We do the same thing with our children by going through the ritual of Santa Claus. Since our children (are supposed to) believe in him and we do not want to disappoint them, they pretend to believe so as not to disappoint us by puncturing our belief in their naivety (and to get the presents, of course). Isn’t this also the usual excuse of the mythical crooked politician who turns honest? “I cannot disappoint the ordinary people who believe in me.” Furthermore, this need to find another who “really believes” is also what propels us to stigmatize the Other as a (religious or ethnic) “fundamentalist.” In an uncanny way, some beliefs always seem to function “at a distance.” In order for the belief to function, there <i>has to be</i> some ultimate guarantor of it, =Reality and yet this guarantor is always deferred, displaced, never present <i>in persona</i>. The point, of course, is that this other subject who directly believes does not need to actually exist for the belief to be operative: It is enough precisely to <i>presuppose</i> his existence, i.e. to <i>believe</i> in it, either in the guise of the primitive Other or fantasy in the guise of the impersonal “one” (“one believes…”).</p>New Orleans=

<p>The events in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck the city provide According to a new addition to this series of “subjects supposed to…”—<i>the subject supposed to loot and rape</i>. We all remember the reports on the disintegration of public orderwell-known anecdote, the explosion of black violence, rape and looting. However, later inquiries demonstrated [[anthropology|anthropologists]] studying "[[primitive]]s" who supposedly held certain [[superstition|superstitious]] [[belief]]s (thatthey descend from a fish or from a bird, in the large majority of cases, these alleged orgies of violence <i>did not occur</i>: Non-verified rumors were simply reported as facts by the media. For for example, on September 3, the Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department told the <i>New York Times</i> about conditions at the Convention Center: “The tourists are walking around there, and as soon as these individuals see ) asked them, directly whether they ‘re being preyed upon"really" believed such things. They are beating, they are raping them in the streets.” In an interview just weeks later, he conceded answered: "Of course not — we're not stupid! But I was told that some of his most shocking statements turned out to be untrue: “We have no official reports to document any murderour ancestors actually did believe that. Not one official report of rape or sexual assault" In short, they transferred their [[belief]] onto another.” </p>

<p>The reality We do the same thing with our children by going through the ritual of poor blacksSanta Claus. Since our children (are supposed to) believe in him and we do not want to disappoint them, abandoned they pretend to believe so as not to disappoint us by puncturing our belief in their naivety (and left without means to surviveget the presents, was thus transformed into of course). Isn't this also the specter usual excuse of blacks exploding violentlythe mythical crooked politician who turns honest? "I cannot disappoint the ordinary people who believe in me." Furthermore, this need to find another who "really believes" is also what propels us to stigmatize the [[Other]] as a ([[religion|religious]] or [[ethicity|ethnic]]) "[[fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]." In an uncanny way, some beliefs always seem to function "at a [[distance]]." In order for the [[belief]] to function, there <i>has to be</i> some ultimate [[guarantee|guarantor]] of tourists robbed it, and killed on streets that had slid into anarchyyet this guarantor is always deferred, of the Superdome ruled by gangs that were raping women and children. These reports were not merely wordsdisplaced, they were words that had precise never present <i>material effectsin persona</i>: They generated fears . The point, of course, is that caused some police officers this other subject who directly believes does not need to quit and led actually exist for the authorities belief to change troop deploymentsbe operative: It is enough precisely to <i>presuppose</i> his existence, delay medical evacuations and ground helicoptersi.e. Acadian Ambulance Companyto <i>believe</i> in it, for example, locked down its cars after word came that armed robbers had looted all either in the guise of the water from a firehouse [[primitive]] [[Other]] or in Covington—a report that proved totally untruethe guise of the impersonal "one" ("one believes...").</p>

The events in New Orleans after [[Katrina|Hurricane Katrina]] struck the city provide a new addition to this series of "[[subject supposed to know|subjects supposed to...]]"— <i>[[subject supposed to loot and rape|the subject supposed to loot and rape]]<p/i>Of course. We all remember the reports on the [[disintegration]] of [[public]] [[order]], the sense explosion of menace had been ignited by genuine disorder black violence, rape and violence: Lootinglooting. However, later inquiries demonstrated that, ranging from base thievery to foraging for in the necessities large majority of lifecases, these alleged orgies of violence <i>didnot occur</i> occur after : Non-verified rumors were simply reported as facts by the storm passed over New Orleans[[media]]. However For example, the (limited) reality of crimes in no way exonerates “reports” on September 3, the total breakdown Superintendent of law and order—not because these reports were “exaggerated,” but for a much more radical reason. Jacques Lacan claimed that, even if the patient’s wife is really sleeping around with other men, New Orleans Police Department told the patient ‘s jealousy is still to be treated as a pathological condition. In a homologous way, even if rich Jews in early 1930s Germany “really” <i>hadNew York Times</i> exploited German workersabout conditions at the Convention Center: "The tourists are walking around there, seduced their daughters and dominated the popular pressas soon as these individuals see them, they're being preyed upon. They are beating, they are raping them in the Nazis ’ anti-Semitism would still have been streets." In an emphatically “untrueinterview just weeks later,” pathological ideological conditionhe conceded that some of his most shocking statements turned out to be untrue: "We have no official reports to document any murder. Why? Because the causes of all social antagonisms were projected onto the “Jew”—an object of perverted love-hatred, a spectral figure Not one official report of mixed fascination and disgustrape or sexual assault. </p>"

<p>And exactly the same goes for the looting in New Orleans: Even if <i>all</i> the reports on violence The reality of poor blacks, abandoned and rapes had proven left without means to be factually truesurvive, was thus transformed into the stories circulating about them would still be “pathological” specter of blacks exploding violently, of tourists robbed and racist, since what motivated these stories were not facts, but racist prejudiceskilled on streets that had slid into anarchy, of the satisfaction felt Superdome ruled by those who would be able to say: “You see, Blacks really are like gangs thatwere raping women and children. These reports were not merely words, violent barbarians under the thin layer of civilization!” In other they were words, we would be dealing with what could be called that had precise <i>lying in the guise of truthmaterial effects</i>: Even if what I am saying is factually true They generated fears that caused some police officers to quit and led the authorities to change troop deployments, delay medical evacuations and ground helicopters. Acadian Ambulance Company, for example, locked down its cars after word came that armed robbers had looted all of the motives water from a firehouse in Covington—a report that make me say it are falseproved totally untrue. </p>

<p>Of course, we never openly admit these motives. But from time to time, they nonetheless pop up in our public space in a censored form, in the guise sense of denegationmenace had been ignited by genuine [[disorder]] and [[violence]]: Once evoked as an optionLooting, they are then immediately discarded. Recall ranging from base thievery to foraging for the recent comments by William Bennettnecessities of life, the compulsive gambler and author of <i>The Book of Virtuesdid</i>occur after the storm passed over New Orleans. However, the (limited) reality of crimes in no way exonerates "reports" on his call-in program “Morning in America”: “But I do know that it ‘s true the total breakdown of law and order — not because these reports were "exaggerated," but for a much more radical reason. [[Jacques Lacan]] claimed that , even if you wanted the [[patient]]'s wife is really sleeping around with other men, the patient's [[jealousy]] is still to reduce crime, you couldbe treated as a [[pathology|pathological condition]]. In a homologous way, even if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby rich [[Jew]]s in this countryearly 1930s [[Germany]] "really" <i>had</i> exploited German workers, seduced their daughters and your crime rate would go down. That dominated the popular press, the [[Nazi]]s' [[anti-Semitism]] would be still have been an impossibly ridiculous and morally reprehensible thing to doemphatically "untrue, but your crime rate would go down" pathological [[ideology|ideological]] condition.” The White House spokesman immediately reacted: “The president believes Why? Because the comments causes of all [[social antagonism]]s were not appropriate.” Two days later, Bennett qualified his statement: “I was putting a hypothetical proposition … and then said about it, it was morally reprehensible to recommend abortion of projected onto the "Jew" — an entire group [[object]] of people. But this is what happens when you argue that ends can justify the means.” This is <i>exactly</i> what Freud meant when he wrote that the Unconscious knows no negation: The official (Christian[[perversion|perverted]] [[love]]-[[hate|hatred]], democratic … ) discourse is accompanied and sustained by a whole nest [[spectral]] figure of obscene, brutal racist mixed fascination and sexist fantasies, which can only be admitted in a censored formdisgust.</p>

And exactly the same goes for the looting in New Orleans: Even if <pi>But we are not dealing here only with good old racism. Something more is at stakeall</i> the reports on violence and rapes had proven to be factually true, a fundamental feature of the emerging “global” society. On September 11stories circulating about them would still be "[[pathology|pathological]]" and [[racism|racist]], 2001, the Twin Towers since what motivated these stories were hit. Twelve years earliernot facts, on November 9, 1989but racist prejudices, the Berlin Wall fell. November 9 announced the “happy ’90s,” the Francis Fukuyama dream of the “end of history”[[satisfaction]] felt by those who would be able to say: the belief that liberal democracy had, in principle, won"You see, Blacks really are like that the search is over, that violent barbarians under the advent thin layer of a globalcivilization!" In other words, liberal world community lurks just around we would be dealing with what could be called <i>[[lying in the corner, that the obstacles to this ultra-Hollywood happy ending are merely empirical and contingent (local pockets guise of resistance where the leaders did not yet grasp that their time is over). In contrast, 9truth]]</11 i>: Even if what I am saying is the main symbol of the end of the Clintonite happy ’90sfactually true, of the forthcoming era in which new walls motives that make me say it are emerging everywhere, between Israel and the West Bank, around the European Union, on the Ufalse.S.-Mexico border. The rise of the populist New Right is just the most prominent example of the urge to raise new walls.</p>

<p>A couple of years agoOf course, we never openly admit these motives. But from time to time, they nonetheless pop up in our public space in a censored form, an ominous decision in the guise of the European Union passed almost unnoticed[[denegation]]: a plan to establish Once evoked as an all-European border police force to secure option, they are then immediately discarded. Recall the isolation of the Union territoryrecent comments by [[William Bennett]], so as to prevent the influx compulsive gambler and author of the immigrants. <i>This[[The Book of Virtues]]</i> is the truth of globalization, on his call-in program "Morning in America": the construction of <i>new</i> walls safeguarding the prosperous Europe from a flood of immigrants. One is tempted "But I do know that it's true that if you wanted to resuscitate here the old Marxist “humanist” opposition of “relations between things” and “relations between persons”: In the much celebrated free circulation opened up by the global capitalismreduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, it is “things” (commodities) which freely circulateyou could abort every black baby in this country, while the circulation of “persons” is more and more controlledyour crime rate would go down. We are thus not dealing with “globalization as That would be an unfinished projectimpossibly ridiculous and morally reprehensible thing to do,” but with your crime rate would go down." The White House spokesman immediately reacted: "The president believes the comments were not appropriate." Two days later, Bennett qualified his statement: "I was putting a true “dialectics hypothetical proposition ... and then said about it, it was morally reprehensible to recommend abortion of globalization.” The segregation an entire group of the people . But this is what happens when you argue that ends can justify the reality of economic globalizationmeans. " This new racism of the developed world is in a way much more brutal than <i>exactly</i> what [[Freud]] meant when he wrote that the previous one[[Unconscious]] knows no [[negation]]: Its implicit legitimization is neither naturalist The official (the “natural” superiority of the developed West) nor culturalist (we in the West also want to preserve our cultural identity[[Christianity|Christian]], [[democracy|democratic]]...). Rather, it ‘s an unabashed economic egotism—the fundamental divide [[discourse]] is the one between those included into the sphere accompanied and sustained by a whole nest of (relative) economic prosperity [[obscene]], brutal [[racism|racist]] and those excluded from it[[sexism|sexist]] [[fantasy|fantasies]], which can only be admitted in a [[censorship|censored]] form.</p>

<p>In But we are not dealing here only with good old [[racism]]. Something more is at stake, a fundamental feature of the beginning of October 2005emerging "[[global]]" society. On [[September 11, 2001]], the Spanish policeTwin Towers were hit. Twelve years earlier, on November 9, 1989, who have dealt with the problem of desperate African migrants trying to penetrate Berlin Wall fell. November 9 announced the small Spanish territory across Gibraltar with lethal force"happy '90s, displayed their plans to build a wall between " the Spanish and Moroccan border. The images presented—a complex structure with all [[Francis Fukuyama]] dream of the latest electronic equipment—bore an uncanny resemblance to those "[[end of history]]": the Berlin Wall[[belief]] that [[liberal democracy]] had, only with the opposite motivein principle, designed to prevent people from coming inwon, not getting out. The cruel irony that the search is over, that it is the government advent of Zapateroa global, arguably liberal world [[community]] lurks just around the most anticorner, that the obstacles to this ultra-racist Hollywood happy ending are merely [[empiricism|empirical]] and tolerant in Europe[[contingency|contingent]] (local pockets of resistance where the leaders did not yet grasp that their time is over). In contrast, that [[9/11]] is forced to adopt these measures the main [[symbol]] of segregation—a clear sign the end of the limits [[Clinton]]ite happy '90s, of the multiculturalist “tolerant” approach forthcoming era in which preaches open borders new walls are emerging everywhere, between [[Israel]] and acceptance of Others. It is thus becoming clear that the solution is not “tear down [[Palestine|West Bank]], around the walls and let them all in[[European Union]],” on the easy, empty demand often put forth by soft[[United States|U.S.]]-hearted liberal “radicals[[Mexico]] border.” Rather, The rise of the real solution [[populism|populist]] [[New Right]] is to tear down just the <i>true</i> wall, not most prominent example of the police one, but the social-economic one: To change society so that people will no longer desperately try urge to escape their own worldraise new walls.</p>

A couple of years ago, an ominous decision of the [[European Union]] passed almost unnoticed: a plan to establish an all-European border [[police]] force to secure the isolation of the Union territory, so as to prevent the influx of the [[immigration|immigrants]]. <pi>This brings us back </i> is the [[truth]] of [[globalization]]: the construction of <i>new</i> walls safeguarding the prosperous [[Europe]] from a flood of immigrants. One is tempted to rumours resuscitate here the old [[Marxism|Marxist]] "[[humanism|humanist]]" opposition of "[[relations between things]]" and “reports” about “subjects supposed to loot and rape"[[relations between persons]]":” New Orleans is one of those cities within In the United States most heavily marked much celebrated free circulation opened up by the internal wall that separates the affluent from ghettoized blacks. And [[global capitalism]], it is about those on "things" ([[commodity|commodities]]) which freely circulate, while the other side circulation of the wall that we fantasize: More "persons" is more and morecontrolled. We are thus not dealing with "globalization as an unfinished project, they live in another world, in a blank zone that offers itself as " but with a screen for the projection true "[[dialectics of our fears, anxieties and secret desiresglobalization]]. <i>" The “subject supposed to loot and rape” segregation of the people is on the other side [[reality]] of [[economy|economic]] [[globalization]]. This new [[racism]] of the Wall</i>—this developed world is in a way much more brutal than the previous one: Its implicit legitimization is neither [[naturalism|naturalist]] (the subject about whom Bennett can afford to make his slips "natural" superiority of the tongue and confess developed West) nor [[culturalism|culturalist]] (we in a censored mode his murderous dreamsthe [[West]] also want to preserve our [[culture|cultural]] [[identity]]). More than anything else Rather, it's an unabashed economic [[egotism]] — the rumors and fake reports from fundamental divide is the aftermath of Katrina bear witness to one between those included into the deep class division sphere of American society(relative) economic prosperity and those excluded from it.