The Crisis of Capitalism and the Logic of Imperialist Violence

Under capitalism, a crisis always has within it a dual nature of destruction and creation. 

For example, when two auto companies go bankrupt, a third company is able to buy them at a bargain price. The crises of capitalism allow for the system to reset itself, for the chess board to be flipped and the pieces repositioned. This is what happened after each of the first two World Wars, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union. On the surface, the situation for the imperialists seems to be decaying – but they can place their hopes in capital’s ability to destroy and then recreate.