** 1: Each phase of capitalism has its own dominant reactive affect. [2]

** 2: Contemporary resistance is born of the 1960s wave, in response to the dominant affect of boredom.

** 3: Capitalism has largely absorbed the struggle against boredom.

** 4: In contemporary capitalism, the dominant reactive affect is anxiety.

** 5: Anxiety is a public secret.

** 6: Current tactics and theories aren’t working. We need new tactics and theories to combat anxiety.

** 7: A new style of precarity-focused consciousness raising is needed.