Administered organization acquires power over life and death beyond its members

Evidence

However, the way in which such things and people are organized, integrated, and administered operates as an entity different from its component parts—to such an extent that it can dispose of life and death, as in the case of the nation and the constitution. The persons who execute the verdict, if they are identifiable at all, do so not as these individuals but as “representatives” of the Nation, the Corporation, the University. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 731

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: The reified whole that can ‘dispose of life and death’ through representatives directly supports the sacrifice article’s argument that institutions extract deaths that no individual authorizes.
• XREF: Mirrors Milgrom’s law-merchant work: institutions (reputation systems, organizations) function as entities over and above the individuals who compose them. — connects to: Sovereign power makes the subject’s very life and death depend on its will — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 255; Capital-backed organizations define membership and authority, constituting autonomous power — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 787; Military family members on bases fall under the military’s total institution power (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Sovereign power makes the subject’s very life and death depend on its will #expands (0.90) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 255
• Killing organizations run on subsidiary and support roles, not direct killers #expands (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3918
• Capital-backed organizations define membership and authority, constituting autonomous power #expands (0.80) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 787
• Military family members on bases fall under the military’s total institution power #exemplifies (0.75)