"Capitalist realism is what happens when people stop believing that capitalism is a temporary system, and instead see it as the only possible reality."
當(dāng)人們不再相信資本主義是一個(gè)臨時(shí)系統(tǒng),而是將其視為唯一可能的現(xiàn)實(shí)時(shí),資本主義現(xiàn)實(shí)主義就發(fā)生了。
"The goal is not to mourn the lost futures, but to use them as a resource for the struggle to come."
"The goal is not to mourn the lost futures, but to use them as a resource for the struggle to come."
目標(biāo)不是哀悼失去的未來(lái),而是將它們用作未來(lái)斗爭(zhēng)的資源。
"Neoliberalism is the ideology that says there is no alternative, while making sure there is no alternative."
新自由主義是這樣一種意識(shí)形態(tài):它聲稱別無(wú)選擇,同時(shí)確保別無(wú)選擇。
"The 21st century is oppressed by a crushing sense of finitude and exhaustion."
21世紀(jì)被一種壓倒性的有限性和疲憊感所壓迫。
"Depression is the condition that best epitomizes the current ideological moment."
抑郁癥是最能體現(xiàn)當(dāng)前意識(shí)形態(tài)時(shí)刻的狀況。
"It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism."
想象世界末日比想象資本主義的終結(jié)更容易。
"The tiniest event can tear a hole in the grey curtain of reaction which has marked the horizons of possibility under capitalist realism."
最微小的事件都能在資本主義現(xiàn)實(shí)主義下標(biāo)志著可能性視野的灰色反應(yīng)帷幕上撕開一個(gè)洞。
"Under capitalism, we are all precarious, but some are more precarious than others."
在資本主義下,我們都是不穩(wěn)定的,但有些人比其他人更不穩(wěn)定。
"The slow cancellation of the future has been accompanied by a deflation of expectations."
未來(lái)的逐漸取消伴隨著期望的萎縮。
"Capitalist realism insists on treating mental health as if it were a natural fact, like weather (and, incidentally, it is no coincidence that the mental health of so many deteriorates during the winter months)."
資本主義現(xiàn)實(shí)主義堅(jiān)持將心理健康視為一種自然事實(shí),就像天氣一樣(順便說一句,許多人的心理健康在冬季惡化并非巧合)。