Capitalism transforms itself as a survival strategy yet can undergo epoch-changing change

Evidence

Metamorphosis is to capitalism what camouflage is to a chameleon: essence and defence mechanism combined. And yet, we are not talking about mere disguises. Several of capitalism’s transformations have been epoch changing. — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism, 118

Categorization

• XREF: The metamorphosis-as-camouflage move contrasts against critiques that dismiss any talk of capitalism’s end as naive. — connects to: Capitalism’s resilience comes from its plasticity in adopting new social forms — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1647; Sustained capitalist mutation requires new institutional forms, not merely destruction — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 156; Capitalism periodically renews itself through new organizational forms rather than fixed ones — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1647 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Capitalism’s resilience comes from its plasticity in adopting new social forms #corroborates (0.95) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1647
• Sustained capitalist mutation requires new institutional forms, not merely destruction #expands (0.90) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 156
• Capitalism periodically renews itself through new organizational forms rather than fixed ones #corroborates (0.90) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1647
• Capitalism is a singular economic-institutional ensemble that can be reinvented #expands (0.85) — Michel Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics, 904
• Capitalism’s supposed pragmatism masks credulous fantasies of its own exceptional survival #contradicts (0.75) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1400