Each mode of production is driven forward by overcoming its own contradictions

Evidence

When elements that are already differentiated or that press toward differentiation are forced into an embracing union, the outcome, more often than not, is an increased incompatibility, a more intense mutual repulsion. The large, embracing framework, which naturally requires differentiation, on the one hand, in order to exist at all, causes a friction of elements against one another, on the other hand, an actualization of antitheses that would not have come to pass except for this crowding. Unification into a great amalgam is the means—even if a transient one—to individualization and to its emergence in consciousness. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 660 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Technology develops a self-sustaining momentum beyond its original drivers — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 393; Forced unification into large structures intensifies differentiation and repulsion among parts. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 660; Technical progress may become incompatible with industrialization’s own institutions. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 183 (+2 more)

Related

• Forced unification into large structures intensifies differentiation and repulsion among parts. (similarity 0.88)
• Contradictions in industrial society do not resolve themselves automatically (similarity 0.81)
• Technology develops a self-sustaining momentum beyond its original drivers (similarity 0.81)
• Conflict destructive at one level can integrate the larger group (similarity 0.81)
• Every mode of production rests on exploitation and antagonism. (similarity 0.79)
• Functional differentiation makes social structures contingent and permanently revisable (similarity 0.78)
• Societies require a mix of discord and harmony to take determinate shape (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Forced unification into large structures intensifies differentiation and repulsion among parts. #expands (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 660