Full Idea
The specter of big government is there to be blamed precisely for its failure to act as a centralising power, the anger directed at it much like the fury Thomas Hardy supposedly spat at God for not existing.
Gist of Idea
Big central government only exists as a focus for anger - not to act
Source
Mark Fisher (Capitalist Realism [2009], 8)
Book Reference
Fisher,Mark: 'Capitalist Realism' [Zero Books 2009], p.62
A Reaction
The point is that the power resides with the leaders of capitalism, and central government is largely a side-show. Sounds somewhat true, and the politicians are largely unaware of their role.