"Capitalist realism is what happens when people stop believing that capitalism is a temporary system, and instead see it as the only possible reality."

当人们不再相信资本主义是一个临时系统，而是将其视为唯一可能的现实时，资本主义现实主义就发生了。

"The goal is not to mourn the lost futures, but to use them as a resource for the struggle to come."

目标不是哀悼失去的未来，而是将它们用作未来斗争的资源。

"Neoliberalism is the ideology that says there is no alternative, while making sure there is no alternative."

新自由主义是这样一种意识形态：它声称别无选择，同时确保别无选择。

"The 21st century is oppressed by a crushing sense of finitude and exhaustion."

21世纪被一种压倒性的有限性和疲惫感所压迫。

"Depression is the condition that best epitomizes the current ideological moment."

抑郁症是最能体现当前意识形态时刻的状况。

"It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism."

想象世界末日比想象资本主义的终结更容易。

"The tiniest event can tear a hole in the grey curtain of reaction which has marked the horizons of possibility under capitalist realism."

最微小的事件都能在资本主义现实主义下标志着可能性视野的灰色反应帷幕上撕开一个洞。

"Under capitalism, we are all precarious, but some are more precarious than others."

在资本主义下，我们都是不稳定的，但有些人比其他人更不稳定。

"The slow cancellation of the future has been accompanied by a deflation of expectations."

未来的逐渐取消伴随着期望的萎缩。

"Capitalist realism insists on treating mental health as if it were a natural fact, like weather (and, incidentally, it is no coincidence that the mental health of so many deteriorates during the winter months)."

资本主义现实主义坚持将心理健康视为一种自然事实，就像天气一样（顺便说一句，许多人的心理健康在冬季恶化并非巧合）。