Maybe it is a bit odd to speak of expansion in this era of contraction. But it is the expansion which makes the contraction so explosive.
If something were simply contracting, it would be shedding matter and energy to resituate itself .
But capital by its nature possesses the overriding need and desire to expand, all the while contracting, so that it places undue pressure on its contracting constituents to expand nevertheless, which is a contradiction that must be resolved in one way or another.
