Mark Fisher's writing had a lot of impact on me as a young adult and my personal politics, as had a lot of the people that came out of the Warwick ecosystem, bu

Mark Fisher's writing had a lot of impact on me as a young adult and my personal politics, as had a lot of the people that came out of the Warwick ecosystem, but I really think this particular piece has not aged well. It seems bitter and in a way and anticipates a lot of the cultural grievances that are now being talked about all the time, so it's prescient if anything, but I think in reality he's just bitter that his focus on class and disregard for 'moralising' wasn't going anywhere. He's way too harsh on the critics and way too generous to his friends, in particular what he's saying about Russel Brand here has aged horribly. Looking at the rabbit hole Brand is going down these days the criticism of him wasn't wrong.