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Mark Fisher, in his magnum opus 'Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?' (Zero Books, 2009) tried to answer this question. In a short span of just 88 pages, Fisher analysed cultural malaise through a framework he called “ capitalist realism,” which might be relevant now more than ever
Historicization may be part of what we expect from art, but Fredrick Jameson’s recommendation that one “Always historicize” sounds like a rule. The problem, I think, is the word ‘“always.” It makes it sound as though historicism is always the same and always observed or digested in the same way. “Always” is an absolute, everything else other than absolutely nothing isn’t.
Is this hyperbole: "Attention deficit disorder is the neurological condition of late capitalism."
ADHD is the neurological condition of late capitalism. But it’s also its exterminating angel