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Fisher describes capitalist realism as an artificially constructed worldview that traps us in a depressive cycle. The cycle sustains itself through a paradox: a pervasive sense of doom and foreboding actually reinforces the status quo. According to Fisher, this pessimistic way of seeing is a strategic development of neoliberal capitalism. It’s a system that ensures that we cannot think outside its confines, no matter how hard we try.