Spilled chalices, storming leopards and the apostates of capital

Kafka's aphorism of the leopards tells us that no temple is spared of a visit of these surprising animals. However, when the leopards suddenly spill the chalices of the temples of capital and drink the wine over and over again they become part of the capitalist ritual. Their presence becomes noticeable, and the surprise effect of their profanity becomes predictable, calculated, instrumentalised, appropriated as part of the ceremony. However, the parable of the leopards may tell us more about Critical Theory than Political Theology. Such a parable can be seen as a method in itself to question complicities and co-options of Critical Theory in the very survival of capitalism. In the face of the ongoing collapse of earth ecosystems and unresolved global crises, the temples of capital may run dry on wine. What would it mean, then, to apostatise from the religious cult of capital?