Youth Not in Revolt? Post-Politics and the Slow Cancellation of the Future

As a nation we personify what Mark Fisher called reflexive impotence, where we see the problems we face but assume ‘it is what it is’ — the ennui we subject ourselves to is partly political, partly personal, but ultimately there is no party or political movement that offers real change, nor will there be one if ideological hobbyism is not abandoned in favour of real politics.