Mark Fisher on why Modern Life causes Depression ITA sub

Mark Fisher talks about bureocracy, depression and hints on why modern life causes depression.

He mentioned Franco Berardi in the end which the original video didn't get correctly.

original content here:

[boyruns]

“There will be a break down”

Horrific statement considering everything that has happened to consider worse is still ahead

[realthegod]

This man is spot on glad I found his work.

[forgottenmedia]

Mark, quanto vorrei ci fossi ancora. Non finirò mai di dirti grazie.

[LONDONFIELDS]

real philosopher. real power. beautiful.

[Krflaneur]

Watched this so many times . Very good

[zeb_bacary]

"there will be a break down. we can not cope with this"

[Niitewing]

It has been 11 years since this talk, and things have only gotten much worse, as one could have expected. Society has continued its celebrity worship, ongoing individualism, consumerism, and escapism into the digital world, just to name a few trends. As of 2024, we are unable to have honest and meaningful conversations with each other, and friendships and relationships have become meaningless and temporary. The prospect of having a stable family life and raising children has disappeared, with people focusing mainly on chasing the next high of temporary happiness or fulfillment. The only thing that seems to matter to people nowadays are APPEARANCE and MONEY. We don't even know what it means to be human anymore!

We are closer to nuclear war than we have ever been (literally 90 seconds to midnight), and armies around the world are gearing up, increasing their size, and practicing for all kinds of adverse scenarios instead of disarming and maintaining peace. If war doesn't kill us, the climate catastrophe likely coming within the next 5 years (since the goal of +1.5 degrees Celsius was basically already surpassed in 2023) will change our lives in ways that still seem incomprehensible to us. Society is in full denial mode, as the prospect of having to change our behavior now instead of later is something many deem unacceptable.

All kinds of new technologies are being sold to us as solutions to these global problems. AI bots, electric cars, "green" energy, hydrogen, and other so-called "solutions" are not going to save us. All people in positions of authority, be they teachers, judges, police officers, CEOs, bureaucrats, etc., are also too busy maintaining their own standards of living and entrenching themselves in their positions rather than using their power to bring about actual change in society. We, as young people, have been scammed and lied to by a education and university system that teaches subservience and silence rather than critical thinking and ways to enact societal change. We are the ones that should be solving the current issues and building a better world, but this is simply not possible while drowning in debt and having been deprived of meaningful connections and access to power. The coming years are most likely going to be much worse than anything we have ever seen before, so buckle up your seatbelts because it's going to be one heck of a ride...

[devapreetajena]

Please give us the original source...full lecture?

[darien_g]

People choose insanity (depression) instead of rage

[Boneless_Chuck]

What's the alternative that produces happiness, creativity, fulfillment and security?

[katiemiaana]

You hear in his voice the anger at capitalism the potential it took from us that we can’t ever realise

[Mike]

At least some of what young people are being deprived of are the traditions, structures and continuity that could be assumed by their ancestors. They lived harder lives materially but were bonded in tight communities with established roles and norms. These institutions and related culture provided and reinforced collectivity and predictability. They are the very things that conflict theorists and schools (Marxists, neo-Marxists and Feminists) of various guises have sought to deconstruct and undermine for generations.

[SH-curc]

I cannot find the original talk. I'm sure I've watched it before, but cannot find it again. Can anyone help?

[medhaane]

Why is it 'Modern Life' not Capitalism?

[usernumber]

The original video is private, do you have another link or something

[ai_serf]

i wonder what viktor frankl would say. anyway, i love Mark Fisher.

[georgeandriopoulos]

The managerial bureaucracy he describes comes first and foremost from the State itself or from mandates of the State imposed on private businesses and corporations. Free enterprise and capitalism has nothing to benefit from purely procedural and symbolic practices that you find dealing with HR in universities or with any pencil pusher in a public office. Capital seeks to dissolve procedural thinking and not to reinforce it.

[daheikkinen]

I love capitalism. Hopefully we can end socialism forever.