We're very quickly moving away from the logic of capital, but there is a desperate attempt to adhere to its basic ritualistic actions. The consolidation of the various giant monopolies and their ruthless exploitation of resource and individual alike, and their shameless maneuverings for advantage amidst a global pandemic are a case in point. The vaccine hoarding too, and hostile clutching of intellectual properties without even bothering to negotiate the transfer of technologies and recipes for even paying customers, are indications of a profound shift in the world system, yet the basic operations of equal trade are desperately pointed to for the continued legitimation of such arrangements.
Of course this sort of double-talk has always been a core feature of the industrialized empires, but the contradictions do seem to intensify amidst crisis and breakdown.
