Acid Communism

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"The new defines itself in response to what is already established; at the same time, the established has to reconfigure itself in response to the new. Eliot’s claim was that the exhaustion of the future does not even leave us with the past. Tradition counts for nothing when it is no longer contested and modified. A culture that is merely preserved is no culture at all."

Acid Communism, clipped to AcidCom and sometimes known as Psychedelic Corbynism, is an economically far-left and culturally ambiguous ideology proposed by Mark Fisher. It believes that leftists should take inspiration from and use elements of the 1960's counterculture and psychedelic movements to imagine future political possibilities (but emphasizes not to repeat those movements.)

Acid Communism is extremely existentialist, with beliefs such as the idea that the future is cancelled, because every idea of the future has been thought of and realized in past interpretations of such future, like in sci-fi movies and novels.

History

Acid Communism, as proposed by Mark Fisher, has origins in Jacques Derrida's book The Spectres of Marx in 1993. All that Fisher had written on it was an introduction for a potential book, which was never finished due to his suicide. The unfinished introduction can be read in K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher (2004-2016).

Beliefs And Philosophy

Capitalist Realism

In Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative Mark Fisher articulates and goes into detail about the famous quote from Žižek - "It is easier to imagine the end of the world then the end of capitalism." Fisher shows that this is due to our new Postmodern condition. Capitalism declared itself to be the end of history, there are no contenders to it. Even classical rebels have been used to profit Capitalism by buying merchandise of those such as Guevara or other cold war revolutionaries. Small scale rebellion is to Capitalism's benefit. Along with this proposals for systematic change like those of Social Democrats still stay within the realm of Capitalism. It seems as though after the death of an existing system in opposition to Capitalism in the Soviet Union we are unable to imagine anything different. Even in the post 68 disciplinary societies of the 70's and 80's there was still not a closed plane of ideology. To put the predicament in Deleuzian terms, ideological desire has been territorialized to fit into Capitalism.

Hauntology And Lost Futures

In Ghosts Of My Life Fisher continues the logic of Derrida, arguing that from capitalist realism, futures that where to be have been canceled. Take the end of Dialectical Materialism, that being the stateless, classless, utopia of Communism; Fisher argues that the current present is haunted by that lost future. Capitalist realism has effectively "canceled" this future. Fisher agrees with Derrida that there is a spectre of these lost futures haunting us in everyday life. In the predicament of capitalist realism we may be unable to imagine a future beyond Capitalism yet we are haunted by these futures to be. Fisher argues that these spectres of ideas are the main reason for the current spike in depression, as Psychoanalysis can only handle things on an individual level, never considering large systemic problems that could lead to anguish. In the end Fisher feels as though we are trapped, and that the future is canceled.

Anti-Control Politics And Acid Communism

Personality

Acid communism is different from his mother in that he emphasizes the idea of capitalist realism, "it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism", the idea that there is no viable alternative to capitalism, yet as he can't stand capitalism, he must use psychoactive drugs in order to try to transcend reality to imagine new futures. He is often perceived as nihilistic and an idealistic doomer, but he is noted for being overemphasized in his depression and less known in his optimism. He may even develop schizophrenia.

How to Draw

Flag of Acid Communism
  1. Draw a ball.
  2. Draw a spiraling rainbow in the ball from the center (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, magenta, pink).
  3. Draw a dark red circle in the center of the ball and fill it in with red.
  4. Draw a sickle and bong in yellow inside that smaller ball.
  5. Draw two red eyes, and you're done!
Color NameHEXRGB
 Red#EE161Frgb(238, 22, 31)
 Orange#FF8022rgb(255, 128, 34)
 Yellow#FFCA06rgb(255, 202, 6)
 Green#1CB34Brgb(28, 179, 75)
 Blue#3D46CDrgb(61, 70, 205)
 Violet#6900C0rgb(105, 0, 192)
 Magenta#A447A5rgb(164, 71, 165)
 Pink#FF78A5rgb(255, 120, 165)
 Dark Red#89000Drgb(137, 0, 13)
 Gold#FFD800rgb(255, 216, 0)


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  • Kakistocracy - WhatisTwitterifnotalibidinaleconomy?AndIcritiquedcall-outculturebeforeitwascool.Butpleasestopmakingfunofmeforbeinga"boringbooknerd"
  • Marxism–Leninism - Youwon'treallygetpasthim,evenifyoupretendtheendofcapitalismiseasytoimagine.
  • Anarchism - Youroppositiontoauthoritarianismiscommendable,butyourtheoryistoorigid,arbitrary,andnaive.
  • Utopian Socialism - Youhavegoodintentions,butifyoudontbreakawayfromyournaivebubble,youwillbestuckindelusion.Youneedtoacceptthereisnohopefortheendofcapitalisminthefuture...inordertoimaginethathopeyourself.
  • Anarcho-Nihilism - Nothingreallymatters,howeveryoucreateaself-fulfillingprophecy...Wecanimaginenewfuturestogether!
  • Post-Leftism - Youmakesomeimportantcritiquesoftraditionalleftismandadvocaterefusalofwork,butyouaresomehowbothtooidealisticandtoopessimistic.
  • Post-Anarchism - Wecomefromsimilarplaces,butwemustseizepowerratherthantrytoseparateourselvesfromitifwearetohaveanyhopeofescapingfromcapital.
  • Existentialist Anarchism - Youtoohavebrokenthepowerstructurethatbinds...evenifthefuturesweimaginearedifferent,wesharethesamedesiretodreamthem.Youarefartooindividualistichowever.
  • Libertarian Feminism - Livingston,weobviouslydidsomethingstogether,butyouareobviouslyonCapital'sside.
  • Landian Accelerationism - Land,itwas apleasuredebating,talking,andknowingyoueven thoughwehaddifferingviews.BtwyouneverrespondedtomyTerminatorvs.Avataressay.

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