The memefication of capitalist realism is appropriate to its object. This video leaves me nothing but a few sad giggles. Why of all the books in recent history is it that this is the most attractive to young left-curious people?
Well, it explains it's arguments utilizing cultural landmarks that have become staples in pop culture. It also deals, explicitly, with a growing feeling of hopelessness that plagues the lives of people, both young and old, while not reducing the problems faced by these groups to a simple "it's all fault of the chemicals in your brain", but presenting them with existing, structural problems that explain the conditions for these problems to arise. It makes one's suffering be less about oneself, and more about the feature of a capitalistic cultural logic. Fisher also gives some suggestions on how to "deprogram" oneself from the logic of this culture, which gives people, trough the realization of their own potential in creating and changing cultural forms, a feeling of hopefulness. To put it in simple, memetic terms; it's an anti-doomer book disguising itself as part of doomer literature.
@baldomerian7742 that review piqued my interest as a millennial early Internet, late stage doomer-aboslutionist who has a family and wants to have some means of hope to give to my kids
@@baldomerian7742 Doesn't help when people point at the wrong problems to attack. There's no reality where capital doesn't exist. Until people can live in that reality and work WITH it instead of against it, there really is no hope for fixing those cultural issues.
@@drockopotamus1 Wow, we just need to make capitalism work for us. What an original thought. I'll now go and repeat that endlessly to people without making any attempt to substantiate it, because I'm obviously very well read and cleverer than all these silly leftists
is there no better feeling than when your meme features in a compilation?
10/10 book btw
The song is perfect but everything hurts so much I love you
Outstanding Song choice! RIP Mark
fine I'll read the mark fishy book!!
How did it go? I finished the first chapter today, are you okay?
It's great man, I read it like 4 times at this point. Gets even better when you have an understanding of lacanian psychoanalysis (via zizek)
@@eoin8450I've been reading about a lot of material that branches out from capitalist realism. Definitely can't wait to get to Lacan
The memefication of capitalist realism is appropriate to its object. This video leaves me nothing but a few sad giggles. Why of all the books in recent history is it that this is the most attractive to young left-curious people?
Well, it explains it's arguments utilizing cultural landmarks that have become staples in pop culture. It also deals, explicitly, with a growing feeling of hopelessness that plagues the lives of people, both young and old, while not reducing the problems faced by these groups to a simple "it's all fault of the chemicals in your brain", but presenting them with existing, structural problems that explain the conditions for these problems to arise. It makes one's suffering be less about oneself, and more about the feature of a capitalistic cultural logic.
Fisher also gives some suggestions on how to "deprogram" oneself from the logic of this culture, which gives people, trough the realization of their own potential in creating and changing cultural forms, a feeling of hopefulness. To put it in simple, memetic terms; it's an anti-doomer book disguising itself as part of doomer literature.
@baldomerian7742 that review piqued my interest as a millennial early Internet, late stage doomer-aboslutionist who has a family and wants to have some means of hope to give to my kids
@@baldomerian7742 Doesn't help when people point at the wrong problems to attack. There's no reality where capital doesn't exist. Until people can live in that reality and work WITH it instead of against it, there really is no hope for fixing those cultural issues.
@@drockopotamus1 Wow, we just need to make capitalism work for us. What an original thought. I'll now go and repeat that endlessly to people without making any attempt to substantiate it, because I'm obviously very well read and cleverer than all these silly leftists
you're literally doing the meme brother, gotta think better
mfw this video actually got me to read the book
what is this songgg
Hey I'm late by two years but it's hard times by Paramore
still true
B B B B B BASED
gottem
lmao
Cute 🙏🌻🐝❤️