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Capitalist Realism

10 min read 14 min listen Narrated by Sam
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What’s it about?

A diagnosis of the pervasive belief that capitalism is the only viable system, suffocating our ability to imagine alternatives and shaping our work, mental health, and culture.

You’ll learn

  • Capitalism's grip on our imagination
  • How work becomes self-exploitation
  • Mental health as a political symptom
  • The loss of a sense of the future