The established capitalist order runs on fragmentation and difference rather than suppressing them
Evidence
Yes, I want to leave all that behind. One of the scandals of Badiou’s thought is to announce the blindingly obvious: difference is not suppressed by the established order, it is its banal currency. Fragmentation, deconstruction, cut-up are the very stuff of which mediocracy is made. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2395
Categorization
- XREF: This echoes Fisher’s broader archive: the postmodern valorization of plurality mirrors capital’s own restless differentiation; parallels his critique of ‘reflexive impotence’ and the incorporation of critique. — connects to: Capitalism co-opts opposition and must be escaped rather than confronted — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media: How Wall Street…, 468; The fragmentation of activist collectives aided capitalism’s current dominance — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 348; Pre-capitalist economies resisted change while capitalism makes change constitutive — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 190 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- The fragmentation of activist collectives aided capitalism’s current dominance
#corroborates(0.86) — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 348 - Capitalist conditions can distort resistance into fascist and survivalist forms
#expands(0.86) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1538 - Global capitalism is hierarchical, not divided into monolithic blocs
#exemplifies(0.83) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 588 - Mistrust of hierarchy and organization fuels capitalist realism’s freeze on systemic change
#expands(0.83) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1580 - Capitalism periodically renews itself through new organizational forms rather than fixed ones
#expands(0.80) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1647 - Pre-capitalist economies resisted change while capitalism makes change constitutive
#qualifies(0.78) — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 190 - Capitalist and formally pre-capitalist modes combine in structured dominance.
#exemplifies(0.76) - Capitalism co-opts opposition and must be escaped rather than confronted
#qualifies(0.72) — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, 468