“The role of capitalist ideology is not to make an explicit case for something in the way that propaganda does, but to… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
“[W]hat counts as ‘realistic’, what seems possible at any point in the social field, is defined by a series of political determinations.… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
“If capitalist realism is so seamless, and if current forms of resistance are so hopeless and impotent, where can an effective challenge… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
“The idealized market was supposed to deliver ‘friction free’ exchanges, in which the desires of consumers would be met directly, without the… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
“The current ruling ontology denies any possibility of a social causation of mental illness. The chemico-biologization of mental illness is of course… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
“[I]t is a mistake to rush to impose the individual ethical responsibility that the corporate structure deflects. This is the temptation of… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
“Capitalist ideology in general, Zizek maintains, consists precisely in the overvaluing of belief - in the sense of inner subjective attitude -… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
“Capitalist realism insists on treating mental health as if it were a natural fact, like weather (but, then again, weather is no… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
“The ideological blackmail that has been in place since the original Live Aid concerts in 1985 has insisted that ‘caring individuals’ could… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image