They Live is a critique of ideology. According to Slavoj, when Nada puts the glasses on he can see the dictatorship in democracy. The invisible order which sustains the population’s apparent freedom. …show more content…
In Judith Butler’s book, she describes subjecthood as a cyclical paradox. The agency of the subject appears to be an effect of subordination. Before the subject is even born there is a set of conditions that precedes it, effecting and subordinating the subject from the outside. From the days of our birth we are immersed in the political situation in which we are born. We have a name, gender, class position, and a multitude of other classifications before we even get to take our first breath of air. We are born into corruption. So how do we imagine our way out of it? Especially when following the rules and going along with the dominant ideology is the only way to gain recognition as a