Putting details aside, Marx was right when he foresaw that capitalism would destroy itself from within. The purer it gets, the faster it will fall apart. But he was wrong about what would follow capitalism. Even though socialism has been attempted in countries incapable of it on economic and cultural grounds, it still remains but an intellectual dream. The demise of capitalism will lead back to feudalism. Albeit in a new garb, the new feudalism will retain all the essential features of the old one. Considering climate change, another byproduct of capitalism unforeseen by Marx, the new feudalism will eventually turn toward slavery. In due time, hunting and gathering will be ushered by population collapse. As for the next attempt of the human species at civilization, roughly the same pattern of development can be expected. Capitalism will return at its zenith. The human brain is not capable of more advanced forms of social organization, intellectual dreams notwithstanding. The same pattern will be repeated as long as the human species survives, but its natural resources will be dwindling from one attempt to another. Capitalism will not be reachable more than a few times. Hunting and gathering will remain as the only form of social organization available till the species’ eventual demise.