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The '''Accumulation Mechanism Typology''' provides a structured classification of economic techniques used by the [[Mode of Accumulation]] to extract [[Labour Value]] from the [[Slave Class]]. These mechanisms represent the operational core of the [[Regime of Accumulation]] and are distinct from the broader category of [[Mechanisms of Extraction]], which includes ideological, affective, and spiritual forms of value capture.
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==Concept Map==

===Key Terms===

[[Regime of Accumulation]] >  {{#ask:[[Is a component of::The System]]}} 

[[Mode of Accumulation]] > {{#ask:[[Is a component of::The Mode of Accumulation]]}}

==Typology==

=== I. Direct Economic Extraction ===

* '''Wage Labour''' – Workers are paid less than the value they produce, with surplus appropriated as profit.
* '''Rent''' – Payment for access to land, housing, or capital; creates passive income streams for owners.
* '''Taxation (Regressive)''' – Disproportionate burden placed on working populations to fund elite-serving institutions.
* '''Slavery''' – Total appropriation of labour with no compensation.
* '''Indentured Labour''' – Temporary contractual coercion; wages deducted to cover inflated living/travel costs.

=== II. Indirect or Systemic Extraction ===

* '''Debt''' – Interest payments transfer value to lenders; often compounded by predatory lending practices.
* '''Privatization''' – Public assets are sold below value to private owners, who then charge rent/fees.
* '''Intellectual Property Regimes''' – Artificial scarcity created around ideas, code, genes, or formulas.
* '''Enclosure''' – Historical seizure of common lands and resources, forcing wage dependency.
* '''Speculative Markets''' – Financial manipulation of prices and volatility extracts rent from volatility itself.

=== III. Masked or Legitimized Accumulation ===

* '''Charitable Donations''' – Corporations receive tax breaks and reputational value while retaining control over funds via foundations. May charge internal administrative fees. Often used for PR and ideological laundering.
* '''Greenwashing / ESG Funds''' – Financial instruments marketed as ethical or sustainable that funnel capital back to conventional exploitative enterprises.
* '''Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)''' – Strategic philanthropy designed to deflect criticism and reinforce brand loyalty.
* '''Voluntourism / NGO Colonialism''' – Accumulation of prestige and indirect profits through morally coded development projects.

=== IV. Hybrid Mechanisms ===

* '''Crowdfunding for Healthcare''' – Shifts the burden of care to individuals while extracting emotional labour and platform fees.
* '''Student Debt''' – Combines educational ideology with long-term financial entrapment.
* '''Gig Economy''' – Combines wage labour, data extraction, and risk transfer to the worker.

==Why This Matters==

Understanding accumulation mechanisms allows us to expose the functional architecture of capitalist oppression. These techniques form the foundation of material inequality, enable elite dominance, and sustain the [[Old Energy Civilization]]. Mapping these mechanisms is essential to dismantling the [[Regime of Accumulation]] and transitioning toward a [[Regime of Distribution]].

==Relation to Other Concepts==

Rooted in the operation of the [[Mode of Accumulation]]

Reinforced by [[System Maintenance]] agents and [[Mode of Reproduction]] ideology

==See Also==

* [[Mechanisms of Accumulation]]
* [[Mechanisms of Extraction]]
* [[Slave Class]]
* [[Accumulating Class]]
* [[Wage Labour]]
* [[Surplus Value]]
* [[Disconnection]]

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