Mechanisms of Force

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According to Ruyle,[1] the Mechanisms of Force are the violent means used by the Accumulating Class to, when necessary, physically coerce an exploited population. Mechanisms of force facilitate the suppression of revolutionary forces, protecting the power and privilege of the Accumulating Class, and are an essential component of The System.

Regime of Accumulation

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

Mode of Accumulation > Mechanisms of Accumulation, Mechanisms of Compliance, Mechanisms of Reproduction

Relations of Accumulation > Accumulating Class, Slave Class, System Agent


Syncretic Terms

The System is also known as Mode of Exploitation, Old World, The Machine, The Matrix, The Wheel

Related LP Terms

Mechanisms of Force > Regime of Accumulation

Non-LP Related Terms

Mechanisms of Force > Exploitation

Footnotes

  1. Ruyle, Eugene E. “Mode of Production and Mode of Exploitation: The Mechanical and the Dialectical.” Dialectical Anthropology 1, no. 1 (1975): 7–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00244565.