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The '''Mode of Accumulation''' refers to the various methods and processes through which the [[Accumulating Class]] (AC) gathers and centralizes wealth and resources. It is a central concept in understanding the economic and social dynamics that underpin the Regime of Accumulation (ROA). This mode dictates how surplus value is extracted from the [[Slave Class]] and consolidated by the [[Accumulating Class]].  
The '''Mode of Accumulation''' refers to the specific set of strategies, mechanisms, and institutional arrangements through which the [[Accumulating Class]] extracts [[Labour Value]] from the [[Slave Class]]. This includes both economic techniques (e.g., profit, debt, rent) and ideological justifications (e.g., meritocracy, divine sanction). On the [[Lightning Path]], the Mode of Accumulation is one of the three interlocking components of a [[Regime of Accumulation]], alongside the [[Mode of Production]] and the [[Mode of Reproduction]]. It is the '''value-extraction logic''' of The System.
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==Regime of Accumulation==
==Concept Map==
 
===Regime of Accumulation===
 
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===Key Terms===


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[[Mode of Accumulation]] > {{#ask:[[Is a component of::The Mode of Accumulation]]}}
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==Syncretic Terms==  
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==Why This Matters==
The '''Mode of Accumulation''' reveals the '''economic engine''' of class society. It determines who works, who benefits, and how inequality is both '''produced''' and '''justified'''. It allows us to locate the structural sources of poverty, trauma, and disconnection within capitalist and pre-capitalist regimes. Critically, it shows how '''Accumulation is not incidental''', but systemic and intentionally designed.
==Strategic Significance==
To move toward a post-accumulation [[Regime of Distribution]], the value-extraction logic of the Mode of Accumulation must be identified, dismantled, and replaced with mechanisms that prioritize [[Needs Satisfaction]], [[Healing]], and [[Connection]]. Without transformation at this '''core operational level''', superficial reforms will leave exploitation intact. This term provides the analytical anchor for '''exposing systemic parasitism''' and strategizing its reversal.


==Notes==
==Notes==


The Mode of Accumulation consists of [[Mechanisms of Accumulation]], [[Mechanisms of Compliance]], and [[Mechanisms of Reproduction]].  
Common techniques of accumulation include:
 
* '''Wage Labor''' – Surplus value extracted via differential between labor cost and product value.
* '''Debt''' – Value extracted via interest, leveraging spiritual/psychological manipulation (see [[Money Moksha]]).
* '''Taxation''' – Often regressive and used to socialize elite costs (e.g., bailouts, military).
* '''Rent''' – Extracted for access to land, shelter, and capital.
* '''Ideology''' – Justifies extraction via moral, religious, or pseudo-scientific narratives (e.g., Calvinism, Social Darwinism).
 
Compatible with Eugene Ruyle’s [[Mode of Exploitation]] typology: techniques of force, ideology, and surplus extraction.<ref>Ruyle, Eugene. “Mode of Production and Mode of Exploitation.” ''Dialectical Anthropology'', 1975.</ref>
 
Closely linked to LP terms: [[System Maintenance]], [[Unfettered Accumulation]], [[Authoritarian Monotheism]], and [[Elite Religion]].


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Mode of Accumulation

The Mode of Accumulation refers to the specific set of strategies, mechanisms, and institutional arrangements through which the Accumulating Class extracts Labour Value from the Slave Class. This includes both economic techniques (e.g., profit, debt, rent) and ideological justifications (e.g., meritocracy, divine sanction). On the Lightning Path, the Mode of Accumulation is one of the three interlocking components of a Regime of Accumulation, alongside the Mode of Production and the Mode of Reproduction. It is the value-extraction logic of The System.

Concept Map

Regime of Accumulation

Components of the Regime > Mode of Accumulation, Mode of Production, Mode of Reproduction

Key Terms

Regime of Accumulation > Mode of Accumulation, Mode of Production, Mode of Reproduction

Mode of Accumulation > Mechanisms of Accumulation, Mechanisms of Accumulation Typology, Mechanisms of Extraction

Syncretic Terms

Mode of Accumulation >

Related LP Terms

Mode of Accumulation >

Non-LP Related Terms

Mode of Accumulation >

Why This Matters

The Mode of Accumulation reveals the economic engine of class society. It determines who works, who benefits, and how inequality is both produced and justified. It allows us to locate the structural sources of poverty, trauma, and disconnection within capitalist and pre-capitalist regimes. Critically, it shows how Accumulation is not incidental, but systemic and intentionally designed.

Strategic Significance

To move toward a post-accumulation Regime of Distribution, the value-extraction logic of the Mode of Accumulation must be identified, dismantled, and replaced with mechanisms that prioritize Needs Satisfaction, Healing, and Connection. Without transformation at this core operational level, superficial reforms will leave exploitation intact. This term provides the analytical anchor for exposing systemic parasitism and strategizing its reversal.

Notes

Common techniques of accumulation include:

  • Wage Labor – Surplus value extracted via differential between labor cost and product value.
* Debt – Value extracted via interest, leveraging spiritual/psychological manipulation (see Money Moksha).
* Taxation – Often regressive and used to socialize elite costs (e.g., bailouts, military).
* Rent – Extracted for access to land, shelter, and capital.
* Ideology – Justifies extraction via moral, religious, or pseudo-scientific narratives (e.g., Calvinism, Social Darwinism).

Compatible with Eugene Ruyle’s Mode of Exploitation typology: techniques of force, ideology, and surplus extraction.[1]

Closely linked to LP terms: System Maintenance, Unfettered Accumulation, Authoritarian Monotheism, and Elite Religion.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ruyle, Eugene. “Mode of Production and Mode of Exploitation.” Dialectical Anthropology, 1975.


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