Yes, it is true that capital cannot be understood as a self sustaining force. It can only exist in a certain environment that has been prepared for it. In this way, the real nature of this “God” is laid bare, as another strange kind of lifeform, that feeds upon humanity. As long as the correct environment is provided, capital continues to reproduce and evolve and its total mass continues to increase. That is until it reaches the limit of how much energy it can extract from the finite human population (tendency of rate of profit to fall).