Poverty TV frames political cuts as natural disasters rather than political decisions

Evidence

Post-reality TV documentary projects a radically depoliticised world of individuals and their intimacies. In Benefits Street, we were told that benefits were cut, but this was treated like some natural disaster, an act of God rather than the consequence of a political decision. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 711

Categorization

• STORYSTEM: The image of austerity cuts narrated as an ‘act of God’ is a striking device for any writer depicting poverty.

• XREF: connects to: Live Aid framed famine as solvable by individuals without systemic politics — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No…, 34

Broader Connections

• Live Aid framed famine as solvable by individuals without systemic politics #expands (0.85) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 34