Excerpt from the forthcoming book to be published by Routledge in 2021: A world without capitalism? Everyday discourses, identities, and practices by Christian W. Chun Chapter One A world without capitalism? Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. – Arundhati Roy Well then she better hurry the fuck up! – a friend replying to this on social media Capitalism is the crisis Can we imagine a world without the socioeconomic and politically-enabled system known as capitalism? A society that is no longer co-created, permeated, and indeed, invaded by the social, cultural, political, ideological, and discursive enabling domains that work in tandem to construct, support, perpetuate, and justify a capitalist-run and dominated economy? Can our world even exist without capitalism? Perhaps by framing these questions in positing there is only ‘one’ world, it may inadvertently enable abject resignation and frustration among those who yearn for a life beyond and free of capitalism? Why even bother asking these questions? Are they futile or even foolhardy? There are a number of reasons why, many of which will be elaborated throughout this book, but the most pressing one in my opinion – and not only my opinion, but that of the overwhelming majority in the scientific community worldwide – is that prior to the time of this writing, it has been