Politics now takes precedence over the economy, and class abolition completes class domination.

Evidence

Rather, the old form of power at times withdrew into the economic apparatus in order, on gaining full control of it, to destroy it and thus ease its own existence. In the process of abolishing classes in this way, class domination comes into its own. The image of the most recent economic phase shows history as a history of monopolies. The image of obvious usurpation produced today by the peaceable leaders of capital and labour shows history as a history of group struggles, gangs and rackets. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 341

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the Horkheimer-Pollock-Adorno thesis that politics took precedence over the economy, and the racket image of history.
• XREF: Builds on the earlier ‘State Capitalism’ debate and Pollock’s state-capitalism thesis in the Institute’s history. — connects to: An economically displaced class can retain political and intellectual supremacy; Economic struggle becomes political when class fights for its very organization. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 706; A rising class can dominate economically while old elites retain politico-intellectual supremacy. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 305 (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: An economically displaced class can retain political and intellectual supremacy; Economic struggle becomes political when class fights for its very organization. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 706; A rising class can dominate economically while old elites retain politico-intellectual supremacy. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 305 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• An economically displaced class can retain political and intellectual supremacy #complicates (0.78)
• A rising class can dominate economically while old elites retain politico-intellectual supremacy. #complicates (0.74) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 305