A new collective political subject is needed to break workers’ fatalism

Evidence

Ending the inspection regime, one lecturer sardonically remarked, seems more impossible than ending slavery was. Such fatalism can only be challenged if a new (collective) political subject emerges. — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 107

Categorization

• XREF: Resonates with the learned example about African democratic leadership requiring collective political subjectivity. — connects to: Anti-inflation policies sparing workers require challenging capitalism’s foundations — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 278
• APHORISMS: The line that ending an inspection regime feels harder than ending slavery captures how institutionalized fatalism operates regardless of actual difficulty.

Broader Connections

• Anti-inflation policies sparing workers require challenging capitalism’s foundations #expands (0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 278