Why It s So Hard To Imagine Life After Capitalism
Get your first month of Audible absolutely free and listen to the audiobook that inspired this episode, Mark Fisher s "Capitalist Realism." Visit https://audible.com/secondthought or text secondthought to 500-500 There s a common expression, "it s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism." When the current economic model is seen more as an immutable force of nature than a system created by humans in the recent past, it becomes much harder to imagine actually changing it into something better. Let s explore the idea of capitalist realism. Why It s So Hard To Imagine Life After Capitalism – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism and Communist Realism https://books.google.com/books?id=75YnlcDv6ToC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover http://k-punk.org/communist-realism/ https://libcom.org/article/capitalist-realism-mark-fisher The Capitalist Gaze (and The Usual Suspects quote) https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.13110/discourse.35.1.0003 Tony Blair’s quote https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/europe-et-international/activites-parlementaires-internationales/l-international-a-l-assemblee-nationale/receptions-dans-l-hemicycle-de-chefs-d-etat-et-de-gouvernement/folder/tony-blair Pete Buttigieg’s quote https://jacobin.com/2022/05/pete-buttigieg-free-market-hungry-baby-formula-capitalism Peter Kropotkin, Mutual Aid a Factor of Evolution https://books.google.com/books?id=uDAaAAAAYAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover Slavoj Zizek, The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto https://books.google.com/books?id=psaKDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover https://youtu.be/OpW2t_RFgQw Alain Badiou quote https://www.lacan.com/badiou-on-evil.htm More on capitalist realism https://socialistproject.ca/2020/09/reading-capitalist-realism-ten-years-on/ https://youtu.be/6Cb5XJH4NMI https://diadelics.medium.com/fishers-business-ontology-and-the-appeal-of-donald-trump-9054a00bf379 Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com
