Neoliberal-era anger lacks any political formation to channel it

Evidence

It isn’t always the role of political music to come up with solutions. But nothing could be more urgent than the questions that Sleaford Mods pose: who will make contact with the anger and frustration that Williamson articulates? Who can convert this bad affect into a new political project? — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1357

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: the figure of the ‘bad affect’ with no political receptacle — a lens for essays on why generalized anger so rarely hardens into movement.
• XREF: connects to: Sleaford Mods’ anger is intransitive because no political project exists to channel it — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1356; The left’s anti-elite movement energy never translated into political power — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 404; Unfocused public discontent gives politicians no incentive to act on it. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 2186

Broader Connections

• Sleaford Mods’ anger is intransitive because no political project exists to channel it #exemplifies (0.95) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1356
• The left’s anti-elite movement energy never translated into political power #exemplifies (0.85) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 404