1+1=3 Not just a Hegelian thing.
The opposition between liberal democracy and religious fundamentalism is a false one.
One need put this section in context. We’re talking about the subject. But the subject where, when, how? It comes about yes. From birth? How? In a magical moment of self-realization? Of maturity into a total person, socialized into a functioning adult? None of the above. The true subject is the subject of an event. What must concern us most here is the question put forth by Žižek,
What bothers a materialist is: Am I really alive here and now, or am I just vegetating, as a mere human animal bent on survival? In Defence of Lost Causes 512 note 4.
And then there is Fight Club. Released in 1999, a scene in which Ed Norton’s character beats himself up in front of his boss. Žižek makes the point that this is an example of traversing the fantasy of being the object, as if saying to the boss, “To you, I’m a vaguely anonymous person, worth nothing to you except as somebody who outputs dispensible intellectual/creative labour units that enhance the corporation’s bottom line.
[obscene superego fantasy Enjoy! that keeps us beholden to Other]
Again why the subject? Recent events post-financial crisis seem to display the emergence of a new type of political post-individualism, that combines neo-liberalism with an authoritarian ruling structure. The model here is China, a capitalism combined with authoritarian state structure.