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The world is f*cked but is there a cure? In my previous video I discussed how the system enforces a mental health degradation that serves to atomize our sense of self and collective bargaining power. In today’s episode I’ll be analyzing this further, as well as revisiting the thinkers I discussed in the last video, to see if there’s any solutions available. Is there any way out of this systematized oppression via capital? Or is the mental degradation a feature, not a bug, of late stage capitalism and Capitalist Realism. In this video, I’ll be further contextualizing the current state of the system by looking at Darren Allen and his notions on the myth of Mental health in the techno-industrial society, I’ll also be looking at the work of Oliver James and the Selfish capitalist and the work of Joe Henrich and how W.E.I.R.D societies of the Western world, skew the data for diagnosing Mental illness. I’ll then propose the antidote to this age of apathy, by revisiting: Mark Fisher and his notion of an austerity of capital, a subversion to reclaim the power of the individual from the jaws of capital. Hartmut Rosa and his work on resonance as an antidote to the dehumanizing mechanism of capital. I’ll also look at the ideas posited by Jonathan Crary, in his phenomenal work ‘24/7: Late Capitalism and the end of Sleep and how the reclaiming of rest can be used as an act of radicality. I’ll look at the way centralized power systems are structured in technofeudalism and how this, inadvertently, weakens the role of the techno-feudalist. Finally I’ll analyze the work of Byul Chung Han and how his notion of reclaiming the negative echoes the ideas put forth by Herbert Marcuse and the Great refusal which I’ll also be looking at in greater detail. And whilst the system and its injustices are never ending, I will end out the episode on a blueprint, on the power of radical, tragic optimism, as coined by Viktor Frankl and how we can and should collectivize to enforce a stronger bargaining position against those that will gladly shun us from the arc of progress and posit how we can enforce the change we want to see in the world, and how we build those very systems to save ourselves from the jaws of defeatism.visit haikoup.substack.com for show notes.

We’re all a little f*cked. The system has made us this way. It’s widely known there is a mental health crisis unfolding in the developed world. Hyper capitalism and burnout culture have pushed our mental capacities overdrive. In this video essay, I will be analyzing the far-reaching effects of late-stage capitalism and the havoc it has wreaked on our minds. I’ll be exploring the ideas posited by two leading cultural theorists: Mark Fisher and Byung Chul Han. As well as the work of Gabor Mate, Chris Hedges and Alain Ehrenberg. Exploring their ideas, such as: Capitalist Realism, Business Ontology, Depressive Hedonia, The Burnout Society and the Achievement society and how they coalesce to f*ck our sense of self and how the system and trauma are locked in an intentional interplay to keep you downtrodden. Our culture is one defined by mass anxieties, perfectionism, status, consumption and depression. Why is this the norm? How does an economic system unbalance our mental capacities so much? And most importantly - will it always be like this? Thumbnail art: Nam June Paik, TV Buddha (1974)Shownotes: haikoup.comFull transcript: haikoup.substack.comListen to the podcast: Spotify & AppleBuy me a coffee: ⁠buymeacoffee.com/haikoup⁠Patreon: ⁠patreon.com/haikoup⁠

In this episode, I chronicle the erasure of Palestine. From 1897 to the present day; I show how Zionist forces in the West took over Palestine through violent coercion, genocide and cultural erasure. This isn’t an opinion piece, this is fact. And this deletion of an entire national identity continues before our very eyes today. Shownotes: haikoup.comFull transcript: haikoup.substack.comSupport BDS: https://bdsmovement.net/Support PSC: https://palestinecampaign.org/Support my channel:Youtube: youtube.com/@haikoupBuy me a coffee: ⁠buymeacoffee.com/haikoup⁠Patreon: ⁠patreon.com/haikoup⁠

In today's episode I discuss the notion of 'reflexive impotence'. An idea popularized by the late, great Mark Fisher.

What has caused us to internalize apathy and lull us into a collective inertia faced with the prospect that things may never change?

What are the pitfalls of the current activist zeitgeist?

Better yet, is there hope?

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As time and technology move forward at breakneck speeds, discerning between what is real and what is not is becoming increasingly more difficult.

This is the AUDIO version of the Video that is out now on YouTube.

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What's up people. In this episode I pretty much just rant about how sh*t the (UK) Labour Party is. Discuss: The Labour files// The treachery of Starmer// How cool Corbyn is// The Forde report// The free pass for racists in the Labour party// (Then briefly) Russell Brand vs. the boring left.

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Happy Wednesday people.

Today's pod: The 'Jorge' files//Hamilton 68//Anomaly 6 &Prevail partners [BLAND NAMES = SHADY SHIT]//Chinese spy balloons vs Chinese CCTV cameras// Q-Anon --> GESARA//Bill Gates & Apple bending over for China//US blew up Nordstream - Seymour (the boy) Hersh//War is brewing in EU//New Virus presented to you by the WHO//Reasons for hope from a retirement village//Protests in Western Europe warm my heart

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Peace & Love

What's up peeps. Sorry it's been a while - life happened. 

Today's pod: Recap since last pod - Queen Died// Kanye UNCUT// Cumtown - TAFS// China = F*cked//Chinese spy balloon//Chat GPT vs DAN//IDW Spazzing out//Peterson - least self aware psychologist & LOL @ Lee Anderson. 

*Apologies for the uneven audio in some parts. Recorded on the go. 

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