From wiki:
Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative? is a 2009 book by British theorist Mark Fisher, published by Zero Books. It explores Fisher's concept of "capitalist realism," which he takes to describe "the widespread sense that not only is capitalism the only viable political and economic system, but also that it is now impossible even to imagine a coherent alternative to it."
Capitalist Realism thread
Adrian Roberts
Nolan Gray
Everytime.
Sage for off topic.
Juan King
It's been a while, but is the vampire castle a supplement to this or something that should be taken in by itself?
It's a Saturday and this board is slow fam.
Wyatt Gutierrez
Just finished giving this book a quick read.
My first impression is that the author is moving between two or three perspectives. The first is capitalism as a socio-economic system but this isn't the focus of the book. The second perspective is that of capitalism and its effect on art/culture. This forms the bulk of the text and provides examples. The third perspective is the influence of capitalism on people's consciousness itself, which is perhaps the most interesting part.
I'm going to digest this then skim the book again before I post more thoughts.
Nathan Collins
i really didn't make any connections between Vampire Castle and Capitalist Realism, although the former is definitely interesting, esp. when you see how much hate Fisher got for writing it.
Nolan Flores
tl;dr me on what Vampire Castle is and why he got hate for it plz
Michael Garcia
It is a short enough read, and you will immediately see why it pissed off the social justice crowd. It was all about how they silence dissent and undermine efforts to accomplish anything.
Michael Sanders
SJWs bullied him into suicide for explaining how they're emotionally manipulative/abusive.
Nolan Johnson
He had a long history of depression, his death probably had nothing to do with twitter.
Dominic Richardson
There's a difference between not being the only factor and not being a factor.