Loathed-but-complied systems typify capitalist realism

Evidence

This double situation — in which something is loathed but at the same time complied with — is typical of capitalist realism, and is particularly poignant in the case of academia, one of the supposed strongholds of the left. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1719

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• XREF: Connects to the earlier claim that self-surveillance work is accepted as a small price for jobs (ch 106); REF here ground the abstraction.
• SEED: Angle for an essay: academia as the clearest case of capitalist realism’s loathe-and-comply logic, since it polices even the supposed left stronghold.