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System agents come in many shapes and sizes, and from all colours of the rainbow. | System agents come in many shapes and sizes, and from all colours of the rainbow. <blockquote>In capitalist societies, education, whether secular or religious, the teaching of moral reflexes handed down from father to son, the exemplary integrity of workers decorated after fifty years of loyal and faithful service, the fostering of love for harmony and wisdom, those aesthetic forms of respect for the status quo, instill in the exploited a mood of submission and inhibition which considerably eases the task of the agents of law and order. ''In capitalist countries, a multitude of sermonizers, counselors, and "confusion-mongers" intervene between the exploited and the authorities''.<ref>Frantz Fanon, ''The Wretched of the Earth'' (New York: Grove Press, 1963), 4.</ref> </blockquote> | ||
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Revision as of 14:10, 30 July 2023
A System Agent is an individual who works, either unconsciously or consciously, and with more or less clarity, to maintain and expand the extant Regime of Accumulation (i.e. The System).[1]
System Agent Types
Related LP Terms
System Agent > Containment, Regime of Accumulation, System Maintenance, Toxic Socialization
Non-LP Related Terms
System Agent > Containment, Regime of Accumulation, System Maintenance, Toxic Socialization
Notes
System agents come in many shapes and sizes, and from all colours of the rainbow.
In capitalist societies, education, whether secular or religious, the teaching of moral reflexes handed down from father to son, the exemplary integrity of workers decorated after fifty years of loyal and faithful service, the fostering of love for harmony and wisdom, those aesthetic forms of respect for the status quo, instill in the exploited a mood of submission and inhibition which considerably eases the task of the agents of law and order. In capitalist countries, a multitude of sermonizers, counselors, and "confusion-mongers" intervene between the exploited and the authorities.[2]
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