# Capitalism is a complex adaptive system A : [[claim]] [[Capitalism]] is a [[complex adaptive system]]. > In viewing capitalism as a complex adaptive system, the proposition of this book is that we can employ systems theory in a way consistent with Marxism and dialectics, thus revealing links between aspects of the crisis which are hard to understand by conventional thinking. > > – [[The Entropy of Capitalism]] > One of the subtlest and most interesting adaptations of capitalism might be to parasitise upon the forces of human renewal, while attempting of course to downplay their post-capitalist features. > > – [[The Entropy of Capitalism]]