The belief that change is impossible dissolves the obligation to act

Evidence

The magnetism of immediacy theory, however, can repose in closing these possibilities. If nothing is changeable, if solidarity fails, if it is too late, the obligation to act dissipates. In its place arise valiant theories of the undesirability of action itself, along with entire lexicons for recriminating the instrumentalism and compromise of politics, and recasting politics as ontologization. — Anna Kornbluh, Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late…, 316

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Satisfied individuals see no rational reason to demand change — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 231; Postmodern resignation reduces action to existential necessity without hope of change. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 616; The English ruling class neutralizes change by declaring it impossible then inevitable — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1959 (+1 more)