Peterson–Žižek debate  Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism was a debate between Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson (a critic of Marxism) and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek (a Marxist) on the relationship between Marxism, capitalism and happiness. It took place on April 19, 2019 at the Sony Centre in Toronto, Canada, moderated by Stephen J. Blackwood. Billed by some as "the debate of the century", the event had more tickets scalped than the Toronto Maple Leafs-Boston Bruins playoff on the same day, and selling on eBay for over $300. In the debate, Peterson and Žižek agreed on many issues, including a criticism of political correctness and identity politics. Both disliked communism and debated about the merits of capitalism with regulation and both rejected happiness as a primary goal for individuals and societies. During an event at the Cambridge Union Society in November 2018, Žižek had called Peterson's work "pseudo-scientific", labeled him as his "enemy" and criticized Peterson's work on the idea of cultural Marxism. Peterson said he could meet "any time, any place" to debate and it was announced on February 28, 2019 that the debate was scheduled for April 19. The two professors before had argued against happiness as something one should pursue. Peterson had said people should seek meaning through personal responsibility and Žižek had said happiness is pointless and delusional. Around 3,000 people were in the Sony Centre in Toronto for the event. There was a livestream which people could pay access to that peaked at around 6,000 viewers. The debate was divided into two thirty-minute introductions from each participant, followed by shorter ten minute responses and time at the end for additional comments and answers to questions posed by the moderator. Its topic was which "political-economic model provided the great opportunity for human happiness: capitalism or Marxism". Peterson's opening monologue was a reading and critical analysis of "The Communist Manifesto". He asserted that it is wrong to perceive history only through a lens of class struggle, there is no exclusively "good" proletariat and "bad" bourgeoisie, such identity politics is prone to authoritarian manipulation and that people do not climb the social hierarchies only by taking advantage of others according to Peterson. Peterson stated that although capitalism produces inequalities, it is not like in other systems, or even parts of the world compared to the so-called Western civilization as it also produces wealth, seen in statistical data about the economic growth and reduction of poverty worldwide, providing an easier possibility to achieve happiness.