Capital depends on us more than we depend on it

Evidence

The question of what capital wants from us requires answers at a number of levels: economic, psychonalytic, and perhaps most pressingly, theological. In any case, it is clear that, for the moment at least, capital cannot get along without us. It remains the case, however, that we can get along without it. The parasite needs its “mere conscious linkages”, but we do not need the parasite. In addition to anything else, to ignore the crucial functioning of the meat in the machine is poor cybernetics. The denial of human agency is an SF fantasy, albeit one that is everywhere realising itself. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1419

Categorization

• XREF: The line that the denial of human agency is an SF fantasy ties to the reader’s interests in science fiction as social diagnosis — adjacent to how the book maps market ideology onto cultural fantasy. — connects to: Capital is abstract yet depends entirely on our voluntary cooperation. — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No…, 33; Capital depends on our cooperation even as it zombifies us — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No…, 33; Capital operates as a collective dream sustained by our own desires and energy (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Capital depends on our cooperation even as it zombifies us #expands (0.95) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 33
• Capital operates as a collective dream sustained by our own desires and energy #expands (0.90)
• Capital is a hyper-abstract structure that runs on our voluntary cooperation #expands (0.90) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 33