Capitalist Unrealism is a space to think about why we feel that reality has acquired a decidedly unreal texture.
We live in a time marked by uncertainty, precarity, fear of collapse, ecological crisis, and the accelerated changes that artificial intelligence is introducing into work and daily life. Faced with this panorama, it’s easy to get caught up in the symptoms. This blog takes a different path: looking further back at the historical, economic, political, and cultural forces that have built the world we inhabit today.
The starting point is a dialogue with Mark Fisher’s idea of “capitalist realism.” His concept remains useful for understanding why capitalism came to be presented as the only possible horizon. But I also believe that the time has come to revisit this idea, broaden it, and ask ourselves whether, by repeatedly stating that we cannot imagine an alternative, we end up reinforcing the very sense of powerlessness we want to combat.
Therefore, this blog will not be limited to the history of politics and economics. It also aims to explore magic, religion and the various ways in which our beliefs, desires and attention have been shaped throughout history. The fundamental question is simple, yet not easy to answer: how is a reality built, and what would we have to do to build another one?
Capitalist Unrealism is a limited blog consisting of five posts, one per month, starting in August and ending in December of this year.
Bogotá, August 2026
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