Capitalist Realism & Exiting the Vampire Castle by Mark Fisher [Chapo Trap House] 

Boo boo. I want to sit and do nothing getting paid because I couldn't be arsed to do anything at uni. I meandered through a humanities degree, fell through a master's producing bare minimum work and claiming extensions to deadlines.

"When I was poor and complained about inequality they said I was bitter; now that I'm rich and I complain about inequality they say I'm a hypocrite." - Russell Brand

"In the infernally paradoxical logic of depression, I was simulating it in order to conceal the fact that I was not capable of working and that there was no place at all for me in society."

Rest in power, you were ahead of your time.

Fisher's essay came along at a time in my life when I was becoming very disillusioned with the Left in America. I wasn't disillusioned with actual Left wing values and principles but rather increasingly dubious re: professional activists and self-proclaimed "intersectional" anarchists/Marxists who all came from privileged backgrounds. I saw so many working class guys like myself driven away from being politically engaged because of shame and guilt-based ideologies that didn't speak to class struggle in the slightest.

That segment that Amber read about always feeling like I'm faking it no matter what, that's me.

"The specific hopelessness and low level dred, that comes with living in a world with no future" welcome to 2020

Amber......." it was great when there were kings, you could always kill the king " great quote....you go girl.

Thank Marx for the sound quality

Losing Mark Fisher was a catastrophe.

Pst ..... Dumpster Flower and I just reviewed this book on my channel!! (shameless plug)

This must be from an old one, i still haven't gone back and listened to many of those. I had no idea they talked about this book. Its such a good book, too. I wish I had found the left while he was still alive.

I didnt know you were in this corner of youtube but I'm so glad im here

So glad to hear this book is only 80 pages.

I forgot they talked about Mark Fisher. This is vintage chapo. Thanks for posting.

This was a great conversation. Thank you! ❤

Mark Fisher is an honorary uncle to the Chapo Mindset clan [

That's a total misreading of the Paxman interview. Brand didn't "get the better of" Paxman, he just made intelligent, reasonable points and answered his questions directly, which is the sort of behaviour Paxman never tended to get from his interview subjects, and it was clear Paxman appreciated this and was impressed.

Anyone have the link to the interview between Tim Russert and Russel Brand?

fishers capitalist realism rewired my brain.