'a ruling class which is searching for new ways of organising the economy (but can't find it).'

it starts with stuff on leftism in norway but then (about 20 minutes in) it moves onto the notion of crisis. (as influenced by mandel and poulantzas)

capitalism produces crisis - ok so it's weak because it's always falling into crisis, 

but crisis (re)produces capitalism - so it's strong, flexible. 

polycrisis - suddenly, in 2020, crisis becomes much more apparent, the ruling class start talking about it a lot.

'a ruling class which  is searching for new ways of organising the economy (but can't find it).'

unlike the 20th century (long hegemonic eras) the crisis re-appears with shocking regularity now, every 10 years or so. 

of course an economic crisis does not always become a political crisis. 

this is pretty much how horsemouth thinks about it. people expected in 2008 that the financial crisis (aka. the great depression) would cause a backlash against , consolidate resistance and possibly defeat the measures that the state and capitalism itself was going to introduce.

instead we have had a decade and a half of defeat and (at the moment) that looks like continuing. 

a useful book at this point may be hannah proctor's burnout: the emotional experience of political defeat (2024). 

here (in the wilds) a beautiful morning.