The problem with Postcapitalism is that Mason’s strategy doesn’t take into account the moves that capitalists themselves might make. True, it may be easier to imagine the end of the world than the continuation of the capitalist ruling class—but those who currently preside over that system have strong reasons to try to preserve it, and we should assume that their collective powers of imagination are at least as strong as ours. It is all too plausible that as the crises of the twenty-first century start to bite even harder, the ideological structure of the capitalist state—along, perhaps, with its embedded racial hierarchies—will harden, not fall apart. The threat of environmental disaster will serve to justify rather than undermine increasing inequality. Mounting pressure on resources will provide cover for more repressive, retrogressive measures. There will be new ways to silence and buy off the opposition.