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Yes, our world is still confusing after we understand this—but it is not incomprehensible. There are always systemic forces at play, and a great many of them have to do with the core capitalist imperative to expand and grow by seeking out new frontiers to enclose.
The reason that focus groups and capitalist feedback systems fail, even when they generate commodities that are immensely popular, is that people do not know what they want.
Capitalist Realism
Mark Fisher
Returning to Duesterberg’s piece, I think this notion that vibes are “self-authorizing” is very important to consider. What else is self-authorizing? Well, authoritarian politics, for one: “It is so because the leader says it so. He has declared a New Order, enough with your little intellectual games of reason, you outdated little intellectual pussies, bow down to MEN and HISTORY.” *Uh-huh.*
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