The central argument of this study—that social-democratic and market socialist reforms can serve as pathways toward a post-spectacular society—faces several significant criticisms that must be addressed directly. Rather than treating these as external obstacles, this chapter recognizes them as constitutive tensions within the analytical framework itself. The approach here is twofold: first, to present each criticism in its strongest form; second, to develop responses that clarify the scope, ambitions, and limitations of the book’s central claims. Four interconnected areas of concern structure this discussion: the risk of cooptation and reproduction of the spectacle, questions of generalizability across contexts, challenges of theoretical translation, and temporal-structural constraints on institutional change.