The Family - Revision history

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	<blockquote class="definition">The term '''The Family''' is ~~a syncretic term~~ for the [[Accumulating Class]]~~es. The term is used~~ by ~~members~~ of the [[~~Accumulating Class~~]] ~~to refer to themselves in a euphemistic manner~~.<ref>Sosteric. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. St Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press., 2016.</ref>		<blockquote class="definition">The term '''The Family''' is the colloquial designation, used throughout the [[Rocket Scientists' Guide to Money and the Economy]], for the [[Accumulating Class]] — the elite economic class that extracts and hoards [[Labour Value]] from the [[Slave Class]] through the [[Mechanisms of Accumulation]] provided by a given [[Regime of Accumulation]], and that reproduces its privileged position across generations through control of material production, the [[Ideological State Apparatus]], and associated symbolic systems.<ref>Sosteric. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. St Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press., 2016.</ref>
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	=~~=Syncretic Terms==~~		[[File:Rocket Scientists' Guide to Money and the Economy.png\|alt=Rocket Scientists' Guide to Money and the Economy\|thumb\|center\|Rocket Scientists' Guide to Money and the Economy]]

	[[Accumulating Class]] > {{#ask:[[Is a syncretic term::Accumulating Class]]}}		== Concept Map ==

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	Check out this awesome Netflix documentary entitled [https://www.netflix.com/title/80063867 The Family]		Check out this awesome Netflix documentary entitled [https://www.netflix.com/title/80063867 The Family]

	{{endstuff}}		The name is deliberate. Membership is hereditary and club-like: wealth, position, and access are passed down ''through'' families, and entry from outside is rare. The Family protects its own the way families do — and closes ranks against everyone else.

			The Family's rule is exercised less through direct command than through employment: politicians of all parties, media owners, and System Agents are, in effect, ''employed by the Family'', whether or not they know it.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. ''Rocket Scientists' Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt''. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2026.</ref>

			'''Not a conspiracy.''' The Family is a class position, not a secret cabal. It does not need to meet in back rooms to coordinate; shared class interest, institutional control, and the [[Old Energy Creation Template]] do the coordinating. Framing the problem as "evil lizards" or hidden puppet-masters misidentifies the structure and, by dividing people, does the Family's work for it.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. ''Rocket Scientists' Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt''. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2026.</ref>

			Not monolithic. Cracks in the Family's resolve appear as the psychological, economic, and ecological crises of accumulation reach its own members <ref>Giridharadas, Anand. ''Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World''. New York: Knopf, 2018.</ref>

			The term ''Unfortunate Ones'' designates the subset of the Family so addicted to accumulation they would destroy the planet rather than relinquish privilege.[3]

			== Why This Matters ==
			Naming the Accumulating Class "the Family" keeps the analysis grounded in everyday language: everyone understands how families hoard, protect, and pass on advantage. The term identifies the principal obstacle to a needs-based [[Regime of Distribution]] — and to [[Stage Seven\|Stage Seven Civilization]] — without resorting to demonology, which is itself an [[Old Energy]] pattern.{{endstuff}}

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Michael at 00:28, 22 December 2022

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	<blockquote class="definition">The term '''The Family''' is a syncretic term for the [[~~Acculating~~ Class]]es. The term is used by members of the [[Accumulating Class]] to refer to themselves in a euphemistic ~~mannter~~.<ref>Sosteric. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. St Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press., 2016.</ref>		<blockquote class="definition">The term '''The Family''' is a syncretic term for the [[Accumulating Class]]es. The term is used by members of the [[Accumulating Class]] to refer to themselves in a euphemistic manner.<ref>Sosteric. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. St Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press., 2016.</ref>
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	<blockquote class="definition">The term '''The Family''' is a syncretic term for the [[~~Ruling~~ Class]]. The term is used by members of the [[~~Ruling~~ Class]] to ~~euphemistically~~ refer to themselves. <ref>Sosteric. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. St Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press., 2016.</ref>		<blockquote class="definition">The term '''The Family''' is a syncretic term for the [[Acculating Class]]es. The term is used by members of the [[Accumulating Class]] to refer to themselves in a euphemistic mannter.<ref>Sosteric. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. St Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press., 2016.</ref>
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	<blockquote class="definition">The term '''The Family''' ~~refers to~~ the [[Ruling Class~~\|ruling classes~~]] of ~~this planet. These are~~ the ~~people who own and manage the planet's productive apparatus, it's resources, its media systems, school systems, religious and spiritual systems, and so on~~. <ref>Sosteric. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. St Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press., 2016.</ref>		<blockquote class="definition">The term '''The Family''' is a syncretic term for the [[Ruling Class]]. The term is used by members of the [[Ruling Class]] to euphemistically refer to themselves. <ref>Sosteric. Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy: Accumulation and Debt. St Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press., 2016.</ref>
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	The ruling classes may be referred to as The Family in as much as they share the same goals and values, are interlinked through their communication networks, and all participate in interconnected hierarchies of accumulation, control, and exclusion.		Check out this awesome Netflix documentary entitled [https://www.netflix.com/title/80063867 The Family]

	Considerable effort is placed into the proper socialization of elites. In order to ensure the ruling classes to operate efficiently, elites must, for the most part, think the same. In order to ensure that, elite children are socialized in a separate school system which the general public cannot afford.

	Socialization of elites is an ongoing concern. Understanding of [[The System]] is constantly developed in insulated and exclusionary institutions (clubs, etc.) designed to extend primary socialization and reinforce systems of power and privilege.

	~~Elites can sometimes "wake up" and change their ways (Sosteric, 2017b).~~

	~~==Further Reading==~~

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	~~Also, check~~ out this awesome Netflix documentary entitled [https://www.netflix.com/title/80063867 The Family]

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	Also, check out this awesome Netflix documentary entitled [https://www.netflix.com/title/80063867 The Family]		Also, check out this awesome Netflix documentary entitled [https://www.netflix.com/title/80063867 The Family]

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	<~~div clas~~="definition">The term '''The Family''' refers to the [[Ruling Class\|ruling classes]] of this planet. These are the people who own and manage the planet's productive apparatus, it's resources, its media systems, school systems, religious and spiritual systems, and so on. ~~They are~~ the ~~ones who~~, ~~for the most part~~, ~~set the agenda of their countries, and this planet (Sharp, 2017)~~.		{{navmenu}}
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	Elites can sometimes "wake up" and change their ways (Sosteric, 2017b).		Elites can sometimes "wake up" and change their ways (Sosteric, 2017b).

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