A work faithfully depicting capitalist realism may thereby reinforce it

Evidence

Take something like The Wire: yes, it exemplifies practically everything I say about capitalist realism, but, for that very reason, you could say that it supports, rather than subverts, capitalist realism. You could very easily take away the message that struggling to change things is pointless; the system wins in the end. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2223

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Corporate anti-capitalist satire reinforces rather than undermines capitalist realism — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No…, 29; Anti-capitalist films can end up affirming capital’s own fantasies — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 583; Capitalist realism reflects social decomposition, not just individual persuasion. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1644 (+2 more)