There's little I can say on Capitalist Realism that the book, brief and self-contained, does not already say; and nothing that has not been said elsewhere by better voices than mine. I suppose one point relatively neglected by the discourse is that capitalism succeeds at shifting blame from the society to the individual, and this is one of the primary methods by which realism functions.

Housing is unaffordable, work is alienating, universities are dysfunctional, the climate is collapsing; intelligent people are blind to none of these issues. The trick is that each failure is an individual's problem to solve. The worker finds a better job or works longer hours; the student subsists on microwave ramen and takes loans; the eco-conscious millennial avoids plastic straws.

This is why Fisher's discussion of mental health is important. The crux of depression shifts from "Why is this happening?" to "What is wrong with me?"

Ultimately, capitalism's most effective form of repression is to convince us that the fault is ours; a self-hating populace will never rebel.