Capitalist realism structurally prevents the emergence of popular enthusiasm

Evidence

The Tory success depended upon a popular de-activation (the days of Thatcher’s rallies are long gone). There was no enthusiasm for either of the two leading parties. The only party that could call on massive popular enthusiasm in the UK was the SNP. That popular enthusiasm — an enthusiasm that capitalist realism is set up to prevent emerging — is the rushing in of something that, for a long time, there hasn’t seemed to be any glimmer of in England: the future. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1855

Categorization

• SEED: The framing of collective political enthusiasm as the return of the future — versus the exhausted present — could seed an essay on what ideological landscapes produce genuine mass enthusiasm.
• XREF: connects to: Early social media enthusiasm drowned out critics of its corporate structure. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 286; Capitalism neutralised boredom by demanding audience participation, not pacification — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1763; Capitalist realism reflects social decomposition, not just individual persuasion. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1644 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Capitalist realism makes alternatives to capitalism unthinkable #corroborates (0.86) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 8
• Capitalist realism restricts the horizon of what is politically possible #corroborates (0.85) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 410
• Capitalist realism reflects social decomposition, not just individual persuasion. #expands (0.82) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1644
• Capitalist realism makes past cultural possibilities seem impossible retroactively #expands (0.79) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2170
• Loathed-but-complied systems typify capitalist realism #exemplifies (0.76)
• Capitalism neutralised boredom by demanding audience participation, not pacification #complicates (0.75) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1763
• Escaping capitalism does not remove capitalism’s influence from within people #complicates (0.75) — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 163
• Capitalist realism is belief in capital’s invincibility, not belief in its merits #qualifies (0.74) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2219