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Mark Fisher went on to become one of the most significant voices on the Left in the UK before his suicide in 2017. His many online leavings are worth a signific
by thom 3y ago
Mark Fisher went on to become one of the most significant voices on the Left in the UK before his suicide in 2017. His many online leavings are worth a significant investment of time.
- mistrial9 3y agothis looks relevant today https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exiting_the_Vampire_Castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exiting_the_Vampire_Castle
- rektide 3y agoRather sharp rebuke of a reactive Leftism that, in an Adam Curtis fashion, had no real vision direction or purpose. Instead reduced to an angry forever defense, snapping out at violators of it's ideals, while rarely offering hope or possibility. Incredibly stunning work that turns the mirror on a side that aptly I think wants to be better than the FUD it has to contend with so persistently.
- germinalphrase 3y ago“… while rarely offering hope or possibility”. There’s little of that anywhere. What politicians, artists or philosophers are presenting a credible vision of a better future?
- astrange 3y agoThey can't be that good if they produced the UK left, which is one of the world's worst and least successful left movements and is currently promoting "intentionally making the country poorer". Since the UK is already becoming poorer, of course, nobody even needs them for that.
- thebooktocome 3y agoFisher did not “produce” the UK left, he was an outspoken critic of Labor. Actual politicians these days rarely take notice of philosophers. His main work, Capitalist Realism, was about the post-Cold war condition in which any alternative to Capitalism seems defeated before it gets off the ground—your comment is a splendid example of this phenomenon.
- astrange 3y agoThe UK can't escape capitalism because it hasn't escaped feudalism yet. Should try that first. It's run for the benefit of retirees and landlords at the moment.
- v3x3366 3y agoI'm not super intimately familiar with Fishers work but from what I do know I think he would be extremely disappointed with most modern leftist movements. Though most of what I've read from him is descriptive rather than prescriptive.
- toofy 3y agoIronically, your comment and it’s snap judgement’s are a fantastic example of the subject of some of his best writings.