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Episode #203 ... Why the future is being slowly cancelled. - Postmodernism (Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism)

Philosophize This!

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Navigating Through Cultural Snapshots and Hauntology of the Present

Exploring Mark Fisher's insights on the challenges individuals face in constructing life narratives amidst a remix culture, the blurred perception of time and reality due to cultural obsolescence, the slow cancellation of the future, and the concept of hauntology of the present. Delving into capitalist realism as a coping mechanism in the face of neoliberalism, depressive hedonia as a form of escapism in modern society, and the potential of Acid Communism as a reimagined societal structure to combat capitalist realism.

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