Capitalism’s historical contingency implies socialism’s failure is not final.

Evidence

Sweezy reminds us that capitalism failed to catch on in a number of places before it finally arrived in England; and that if the actually existing socialisms go down the drain, there will be other, better, ones later on. I believe this also, but we don’t have to make it a self-fulfilling prophecy. — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 578

Categorization

• XREF: Contingency of capitalism echoes the historical-geographic accounts in the reader’s library about economic systems arising from contingent circumstances. — connects to: Working-class defeats were contingent, not intrinsic to capitalism’s logic — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 615; Capitalism’s governing order rests on fragile political balances, not inevitability. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 140; Early socialism did not negate capitalist society (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Working-class defeats were contingent, not intrinsic to capitalism’s logic — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 615; Capitalism’s governing order rests on fragile political balances, not inevitability. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 140; Early socialism did not negate capitalist society (+2 more)