Partisans and adversaries, led by Karl Marx, agree to praise his ability to adapt.
Like King Midas transforming everything he touches into gold, capitalism has no equal when it comes to creating wealth, even if it is unequal.
But we also know that Midas ended badly, exhausted by thirst and hunger, the water and bread turning yellow metal upon contact.
This is today the existential challenge of capitalist production based on the accumulation of capital and the almost magical transformation of unfortunately limited natural resources.
Even the digital economy, supposedly immaterial, is very energy-intensive and polluting.
While the digital galaxy increases its global energy consumption by 10% per year, its greenhouse gas emissions will have doubled between 2017 and 2025, representing 7.6% of all GHGs on the planet, according to a projection from the France Stratégie research center.
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