Fukuyama’s end-of-history theses shaped even capitalism’s opponents

Evidence

These ideas — basically, the theses of Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History and the Last Man — were widely accepted at an unconscious if not a conscious level, even by those opposed to capitalism. It’s that acceptance of capitalist dominance, or rather the unthinkablility of any break from that dominance, which constitutes what I’ve called capitalist realism. But with what has happened in the Arab world, the hope for radical, systemic change has been re-ignited. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2227

Categorization

• DEFINE: Refines the definition of capitalist realism as the unthinkability of any break from capitalist dominance, distinguished from conscious adherence.
• XREF: connects to: Communist successor parties won by mastering capitalism, not by rejecting it — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 58; Capitalism co-opts opposition and must be escaped rather than confronted — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media: How Wall Street…, 468

Broader Connections

• Communist successor parties won by mastering capitalism, not by rejecting it #exemplifies (0.80) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 58
• Capitalism co-opts opposition and must be escaped rather than confronted #complicates (0.72) — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, 468