Narratives: How They Make Meaning and How They Trap Us

Trapped in the Capitalist Discourse.

"It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism"

That phrase, often attributed to philosopher Slavoj Žižek (and Fredric Jameson), highlights how easier it is to imagine total apocalypse (asteroid, nuclear war) than a fundamental shift away from capitalism, pointing to "capitalist realism" where no alternative seems possible, though Žižek also argues we're already living in the "end of the world" through endless repetition and stagnation, not just disaster.