Millionaire | Mark Fisher Instant

Fisher called this (borrowing from Lauren Berlant). You are attached to an object—instant wealth—that is actively preventing your flourishing. While you chase the moonshot, you refuse to organize for better wages, refuse to demand affordable housing, refuse to fight for a shorter work week.

We live in the age of the get-rich-quick scheme. Scroll through TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube for ten minutes, and you will find him: the “Instant Millionaire.” mark fisher instant millionaire

That trajectory is gone. Today, Fisher argued, we live under a regime of The old social safety nets have been shredded. The pension is gone. The job-for-life is a myth. Fisher called this (borrowing from Lauren Berlant)