Capitalist production speed forces matching acceleration in distribution and consumption.

Evidence

In the capitalist economic system, however, the continually rising speed of production necessarily goes hand in hand with the escalation of speeds in distribution and consumption, which are in turn driven by technological innovations and thus share responsibility for the fact that the material structures of modern society are reproduced and altered in ever shorter periods of time. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 255

Categorization

• XREF: Builds directly on Rosa’s foundational claim in this book that acceleration in one sphere (production) necessarily couples with acceleration in other social spheres. — connects to: Consumption demand is manufactured to absorb surplus productive capacity. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 196; Material forces of production determine the superstructure and drive social revolutions; Technical speed-up differs categorically from the acceleration of society proper — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 261 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Social acceleration splits into technical acceleration and social rates of change #expands (0.80) — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 227
• Material forces of production determine the superstructure and drive social revolutions #corroborates (0.75)
• Technical speed-up differs categorically from the acceleration of society proper #expands (0.75) — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 261