Capitalist Hyperrealism

The fusion of Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism (the pervasive sense that capitalism is the only viable political and economic system) with Hyperslavery, Late-Stage Capitalism, Objective Hyperrealism, Precarized Consumerism, and Hyperconsumerism into a seamless, inescapable atmosphere of late capitalist life. It's not just the belief that there's no alternative to capitalism—it's the lived experience of a world where capitalism has become so total that it constitutes the entire horizon of the real. Under capitalist hyperrealism, precarity is normal, exploitation is freedom, garbage products are luxury goods, and the whole system is buttressed by an Objective Hyperrealist ideology that treats these conditions as natural facts rather than political choices. The result is a reality so completely colonized by capital that imagining beyond it requires not just political opposition but an almost impossible act of perceptual rebellion.

Example: "He couldn't see his gig economy job as exploitation because Capitalist Hyperrealism had so thoroughly saturated his consciousness—this was just 'how things are,' as natural and unchangeable as gravity."

by Dumu The Void March 12, 2026

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Capitalist Orthodoxy

The established, institutionalized set of beliefs about capitalism that dominate mainstream economics, policy, and public discourse—the often-unexamined assumptions that markets are efficient, that growth is good, that privatization improves services, that competition drives innovation, and that capitalism is the only viable economic system. Capitalist orthodoxy includes specific commitments: that free markets allocate resources optimally, that regulation distorts efficiency, that inequality is the natural result of differential contribution, that economic growth is the primary measure of success, and that alternatives to capitalism are either impossible or disastrous. Like all orthodoxies, it provides a framework for thinking about economics, but it can also function as ideology—making capitalist arrangements seem natural and inevitable, obscuring exploitation and harm, and delegitimizing alternatives. Capitalist orthodoxy determines what questions economists ask, what policies are considered reasonable, and who counts as a "serious" economic thinker versus a naive idealist.

Example: "She suggested that maybe growth isn't always good—and was dismissed as economically illiterate by her colleagues. Capitalist orthodoxy doesn't allow questioning of its most fundamental assumptions; they're treated as self-evident rather than contestable."

by Dumu The Void March 17, 2026

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Capital markets

A nameless, faceless, being that can be blamed or cited as an excuse for anything.

I had a pretty good weekend planned that included Home Depot, Bed Bath & Beyond, and lots of working out, but the capital markets conspired to ruin not only my plans but my entire being.

by clermontboy May 19, 2025

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Capcom gooner

Someone who plays any Capcom game solely to goon to the characters in it. These people are usually Leon Kennedy fangirls or degenerates that slobber over Chun Li.

Becky: I’m gonna start playing devil may cry soon!
Emma: Oh? Are you interested in gaming?
Becky: No I saw a Dante edit earlier and i just have to play it.
Emma: Ugh you’re such a Capcom gooner

by Blondemenarehot May 23, 2025

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