jakej 's review for:

Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? by Mark Fisher
3.5
challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Reads much more like a synthesis than a burgeoning voice - you'll need to read Žižek, Guattari, Deleuze, Jameson, etc. to get genuine understanding. Well worth a read though.

Some bullet points that caught my interest:

  • Depressive hedonism 
  • Mental illness originates from Capital 
  • Capital and technology annihilate the mind’s timelike narrative 
  • The stalinist bureaucracy of neoliberalism
  • Capital as an abstraction allows avoidance of responsibility (which falls on individuals)
  • DFW's short story "Mr. Squishy" encapsulates his ire for focus groups.