Marx, in the mid-nineteenth century, thought that whoever owned the tools and technology – the “means of production” – would control society. He argued that, because work was inter-dependent, workers could disrupt production and seize the tool from their bosses. Once they owned the tools, they would rule society. | |
Yet history played a trick on him. For the very same inter-dependency gave even greater leverage to a new group – those who orchestrated or integrated the system. In the end, it was neither the owners nor the workers who came to power. In both capitalist and socialist nations, it was the integrators who rose to the top. | |
It was not ownership of the “means of production” that gave power. It was control of the “means of integration”. | |
— Alvin Toffler | |
From his book: “The Third Wave“ | |
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Rising Integration
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