100 percent correct late stage capitalism is the dull grey beige dystopia of puritianical plutocrats and middle class cancel culture. Let it rot. The Chinese phrase “let it rot” (摆烂, bǎi làn) is a recent addition to the country’s lexicon, emerging in 2022. It means “to actively embrace a deteriorating situation, rather than trying to turn it around” or “to accept and surrender to a declining or unfixable situation.”

Your name is what? Riskus? What kind of name is that? Lol. Good video though!

Thanks for your great summorization

Thank you, i learned a lot

Love this book and Mark. The impotency felt as a young person results in a manifestation of struggles in my desire to have children. If there is no better than this system then I’d rather opt out. Many subconsciously want kids but delay as again many are priced out of housing and economic growth.

Its like human history started in 1850 or approximately thereabouts for leftists. Communism/capitalism have the same end goal; the end of man as cultural-historic being. This includes any taint of spirituality. They have no ideas about the occult, the mysteries, esotericism and in general all the weird anomalous stuff out there. Fisher is painted into a corner by refusing to question basic facts about "science". No wonder he was miserable af. He didn't go far enough in his questioning of the reality that was presented to him. Rave music? Yea its fun but what about the idea its main purpose back in the 90s was to distract people and zonk them out on drugs? He was naive. He was a perfect capitalist realist.

Morale of this story is don´t write an insanely thick book and let it be about a guy who does not care for anybody but himself and his non sense and let him and his cronies go after another guy who owns a cool aircraft which is the fastest aircraft in the world, just because its cool and then call it Atlas Shrugged, the Fountainhead or some other ridiculous name. Here is why: 1, its about a boring guy, 2, its about everybody´s life being boring, 3, it has a fast aircraft which just makes things even more boring, because its a hell of a thick Benny Hinn chase going after that aircraft in particular in that book lol. Thanks for this video!! Excellent analysis and summation!! Best wishes to you from Iceland!!

I can finally begin understanding Hauntology! Thank you very so much!!!

I love this video it really broke it down super well. Thanks

Thank you so much for the video; your knowledge is greatly appreciated and has been incredibly helpful!

I never heard of Fisher. I'm buying his books

Things will change when we realize we have to pay for the system we have because, as it is organized, bill aren't due anytime soon. If the highest official at the Fed says that money is a mousse click moving between accounting tables, then why need we worry? No one sees money. And that's the matrix in fact; it's not code, it's actually the financial system.

Nice

Thank you!! This video was very useful.

Just found your channel. Love this stuff. More please!

Thank you for the video!

Mark fisher is one of the greatest 21st century philosophers thus far.

bah, what's the freakin' point of a so-called leftist that sounds lkke ron desantis? that goes for zizek too

Are we sure after some time has passed now that C19 was not a Simulation? Lots of videos, lots of news but in real life nothing seemed to change but the mask wearing.

You are such a great teacher. This was so useful. Thank you!

As a mathematician, I find myself intrigued by the inherent ambiguity of language-a theme central to Jacques Derrida's lectures and work. In mathematics, our 'primitives' or foundational concepts are defined by their properties and dynamics, forming a language of precision and unambiguous communication. Yet, in the human linguistic sphere, as Derrida often explored, words or 'primitives' are more fluid, shaped by sensory input and complex associations. Take, for instance, the multifaceted nature of simple words like 'speech' or 'address.' 'Speech' can refer to the act of talking or a formal oration, and 'address' might mean a formal speech or a physical location. This polysemy, the coexistence of many possible meanings for a word or phrase, is absent in the mathematical lexicon, where each term has a clearly delineated boundary. Derrida's deconstructionist approach sheds light on this ambiguity. He emphasized how words are not merely vessels for pre-existing meanings but are active participants in meaning creation, constantly in flux. This is evident when considering a word like 'dog.' In its basic form, it refers to an animal, a meaning established through direct association. However, the moment it's used metaphorically-say, to describe an unfaithful person-the word's meaning shifts, embodying the very essence of linguistic ambiguity that Derrida examined. What captivates me about philosophy is its rigorous examination of the very essence of ambiguous language. Philosophers venture beyond merely acknowledging the existence of multiple definitions; they probe deeply into the implications of this ambiguity. In doing so, they unravel the intricacies and complexities of human communication. Their approach is not just about facing the proverbial 'devil in the details' but engaging with it, dissecting and understanding each nuanced aspect. This thorough exploration is what I find most compelling.

thank you

I lived through this period. Fukuyama was so obviously sucking up to Bush, Gingrich, Limbaugh etc. In order to get paid. REally stupid and vulgar. Stockman said this was all total bullshit in 1981. He was right.

Great work

I enjoy your videos.

i love this channel. subscribed!

You'd call that intellectual snubbery humor.

Interesting. Yeah, I agree with most of this, except for the solution. It's plain weird and it's about... art?! I see nothing bad about communism 2.0, either. And by communism I mean, among other things, a kind of system where prices are regulated to eliminate any inflation, just like the USSR used to do (and with great success). Imo it's the only way to disempower capitalists and their parasitism on the rest of society. Inflation is their major tool of power. For example, when the government raises pensions, businessmen raise prices, I've seen that plenty and I've talked to a few (Question: Why is this cake so much more expensive since today? Answer: The pensions just got raised!) This tool creates a vicious circle of perpetual poverty for the majority, whereas the businessmen thrive. And today we can see how amidst of the global economical crisis the businesses thrive more than ever by using the crisis as an excuse to raise their prices extremely high. In my country a few investigations into that has happened already, it was found that there was no sufficient reason for the huge price raise, and businesses were forced to drop the exorbitant prices, for example, for the chicken. However there are a lot more overpriced products, you can't investigate them all. If anything, the crisis just shows how capitalism really works. Only the naive can still believe that prices have ever been set in a fair way by the magical hand of the market.

That was fun ;) I agree with your rankings, except for Hume. Baudrillard also has a special place in my heart, he's so accessible in comparison to the likes of Derrida, but your ranking of him is probably fair.

Great video about a great author. In France, the philosopher Jean-Claude Michéa is going further on the political aspect. He describes right and left as 2 entangled sides of liberalism : none of them threaten capitalism. Left liberalism only "fights" for minorities and these fights never threatem capitalism. They don't care about the working class. Left has nothing to do with socialism. And thus, here, since the 80s, working class has moved to reactionary populists like Le Pen or Zemmour.

well explained ❤

well explained. thanks

'Everyone has their own interpretation of reality that is equally valid' Some interpret reality is the frame of racism, sexism, transphobia There are all valid interpretations of reality Oh no! It's only the ones the proper authorities APPROVE that are valid interpretations! Everyone else must be suppressed as wicked and sinful! Welcome back, Torquemada in drag.

the apocalypse is pure potentiality, world without end

Brilliant. Thank you so much for this!

Personally, I always appreciate explanations of Heidegger.

@15:02 "Goodface" lmao

Malarkey, saying that there is no other way for culture to progress is ludicrous. Hunter gatherers and tribal cultures probably couldn’t imagine city states either. And it’s possible AI may lead to some unexpected yet positive advances.

Having spent the early part of my life in the “modern world” ( vs. “post modern”), I started to notice some young people in the 2000’s who seemed to be imitating life rather than really living it. They seemed like “posers” to me, somewhat laughable and sad.

How can hyper reality be more real than reality. when it is actually the opposite. A cartoon character copied by a human in a costume is an imitation of something that isn’t real. So it’s doubly fake or unreal.

Fisher is amazin, thanks for the video

I love Fisher. As I read Capitalist Realism I constantly found myself saying, yes, yes, yes. However, there is one rather depressing possibility that seems to horrify everyone too much to consider: that Fukyama is right (albeit with a twist). Around the world I only see capitalism growing in strength, and not, as my comrades would have it, because of some great US imperialist conspiracy. People really, really want it. However, they also want their old reactionary values. The naive neo-liberal notion that as nations got richer that they would all turn into liberal democracies is nonsense. I was a travel writer for a long time. I met people in all parts of the world. They want to be rich, they want Levis and McDonalds and everything else, but they also very much want religion, traditional gender roles, patriotism and their tribe. The two are not incompatible. China is probably the best example - as it has gotten richer it has only become more nationalistic and less socially liberal. But the same is happening in other parts of Asia (eg Indonesia, India under Modi), Africa (Uganda) and the Middle East (eg. Turkey, Egypt). In short, I see no appetite for the kind of universalism championed by Fisher. It is not that we cannot imagine an alternative to Capitalism, but rather that the alternative is already here and that it's much scarier than than we might have imagined - it's the Medieval period with nuclear weapons.

Humans dances between the extremes to found the river of reason, which could be considered as a projection of our binary nature made of consciousness and ego

Hes also not NOT saying that we're inside of a simulation. He is strongly suggesting that we are apart from reality due to countless layers of simulacrum. Whether a computer is involved or not makes no difference. Why do you feel the need to drive that point home so many times btw? Considering both ghost in the shell and the matrix were based on baudrillard and postmodernism. Both present profound and relevant philosophical theories.

the comment on revolution being the Lenin super ego gives me great peace. Ahh, revolution doesn't need to be the only alternative. just as there's TINA(there is no alternative), there's also TIOA, "There is one alternative". Both statements are bullshit, and i have the language to make a proposition and argue for it. Awesome! There's an alternative to capitalism and it doesn't have to come from war and revolution.

When I'm trying to pen some sci-fi(near future) story ideas, aside from the easily imaginable dystopian future, it's hard to imagine a future that is stable where a story can even take place. It seems like we're in for WW3 and there's no avoiding it. I'm not saying things will get better, but it seems like the system needs to die before something takes it's space. I'm praying AI will prevent war, but a lot would call me an optimist.

Technology is getting better and better ??? We have 100% gone backwards km not hoping to try and talk on this intellectual masturbation but from what I've heard it's pointless babble this dude is so off the path wow.hes talking on stiff created by all the assholesn n the world.

Amazing

I disagree with you on the concert example - being in a concert and video taping it is not a stage 1 simulation (if you think about it, being in the concert even without recording anything is being in a simulation), I would give a different example - Stage 1 - video of the full concert - reflection of the real concert. Stage 2 - The video is sliced and augmented (bringing the highlight of the concert with some masking). Stage 3 - Creating a video out of the sliced video, emphasizing something that happened in the concert (an expression of the artist, or something from the crowd, etc...) (For example, something that can be memefied later on) - which essentially makes it not a music concert video but something else. Stage 4 - Videos that try to copy the last emphasized image (maybe by creating different memes out of what was in the last stage) - basically detaching itself from any reality

Muchas gracias