Mark Fisher argues that contemporary society is increasingly shaped by the remnants of past dreams—futures that were once imagined but never came to fruition. In works like Capitalist Realism, he contends that these unfulfilled visions persist in cultural forms such as music, film, and art. This nostalgia for lost possibilities reinforces current social and political systems by masking the limitations of neoliberal capitalism. In essence, recurring aesthetics and a collective longing for better, unrealized futures help maintain a status quo that discourages genuine transformative change, trapping society in unsustainable and unchallenged orders.