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crispymerola 's review for:
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
by Mark Fisher
Mark Fisher - " Smuggling Anti-Capitalistic ideas into art and books is a Capitalistic activity! We pay money to hear complaints about Capitalism, experience catharsis, then move on with our lives! It's ridiculous! We need real change!"
Me - "Okay Mark, what are you going to do about it?"
Mark Fisher - "I'm going to write a jargon-filled Anti-Capitalist book and sell it to everyone!"
Me - "Sold! Wait a minute..."
Seriously though, who is this book for, and what does it hope to accomplish? I'm not opposed to any of the 15,000 ideas briefly touched on in this 80 page book, but I am opposed to bold claims without a shred of evidence or argumentation. You can't spend THREE PAGES contending that the rise in mental health issues is due to increased resignation and repression towards the Capitalistic system and expect me to believe you. Give me some studies, show me some expertise! I'm glad you taught a class and a student wore his headphones every time you met, but that isn't going to cut it, Mark.
I find a ton of the ideas in here to be interesting. Unfortunately, this book is flimsy and confused. It's stuffed to the brim with enough hideous, esoteric, and fatty sentences to make you wonder whether Mark wanted anyone with a life to read this thing.
Me - "Okay Mark, what are you going to do about it?"
Mark Fisher - "I'm going to write a jargon-filled Anti-Capitalist book and sell it to everyone!"
Me - "Sold! Wait a minute..."
Seriously though, who is this book for, and what does it hope to accomplish? I'm not opposed to any of the 15,000 ideas briefly touched on in this 80 page book, but I am opposed to bold claims without a shred of evidence or argumentation. You can't spend THREE PAGES contending that the rise in mental health issues is due to increased resignation and repression towards the Capitalistic system and expect me to believe you. Give me some studies, show me some expertise! I'm glad you taught a class and a student wore his headphones every time you met, but that isn't going to cut it, Mark.
I find a ton of the ideas in here to be interesting. Unfortunately, this book is flimsy and confused. It's stuffed to the brim with enough hideous, esoteric, and fatty sentences to make you wonder whether Mark wanted anyone with a life to read this thing.