Alternative explanation (warning, doomer): people understand that explicit criticisms of capitalism are sincere, and for most "apolitical" people, pointing out exactly how everything is fucked up is tedious because it's so obvious. No one outside the Beltway and the boardrooms still believes the current system is progressing towards some kind of End of History as such. It's just there's currently no solution that they can take seriously. Nihilistic humor isn't "ironic," for most it's a sincere expression of resignation.
When irony becomes indistinguishable from sincerity it becomes post-irony. It has become mighty prevalent in the 21st century due to the rise of autism which makes it harder to distinguish between irony and sincerity. When someone says "I guess I'll just die" when complaining about unaffordable medical, housing, retirement, and living costs, the statement itself is true but the person saying it does not say it in earnest. It's gallows humor, not nihilism. Nihilism completely forgoes humor which is what irony is, a nihilist would say "I want to die" when faced with the sane situation.
Talk to people outside left circles. Theyre not even aware that there could be an alternative. Capitalism is the background assumption. Communism is so outside the pale that they don't even consider it. They, by default, think of market solutions when asked about how we should fix some problem. It's hard to overstate how dominant this ideology is. Even if someone is not neoliberal or anti big multi national corporations, they still aren't leftists.
A great example of this is the segment in bo burnham's special talking about the function of capital
That's one instance where it is explicitly spelled out, and people still think it's a joke
Alternative explanation (warning, doomer): people understand that explicit criticisms of capitalism are sincere, and for most "apolitical" people, pointing out exactly how everything is fucked up is tedious because it's so obvious. No one outside the Beltway and the boardrooms still believes the current system is progressing towards some kind of End of History as such. It's just there's currently no solution that they can take seriously. Nihilistic humor isn't "ironic," for most it's a sincere expression of resignation.
When irony becomes indistinguishable from sincerity it becomes post-irony. It has become mighty prevalent in the 21st century due to the rise of autism which makes it harder to distinguish between irony and sincerity. When someone says "I guess I'll just die" when complaining about unaffordable medical, housing, retirement, and living costs, the statement itself is true but the person saying it does not say it in earnest. It's gallows humor, not nihilism. Nihilism completely forgoes humor which is what irony is, a nihilist would say "I want to die" when faced with the sane situation.
post irony is when you post ironically
Talk to people outside left circles. Theyre not even aware that there could be an alternative. Capitalism is the background assumption. Communism is so outside the pale that they don't even consider it. They, by default, think of market solutions when asked about how we should fix some problem. It's hard to overstate how dominant this ideology is. Even if someone is not neoliberal or anti big multi national corporations, they still aren't leftists.
whats this? link?
https://youtu.be/oDQXFNWuZj8
It hurts to see people missing the point this much 🙃