Symbolic systems do double duty as communication and as instruments of domination.

Evidence

Gilroy’s foundational text binds the Black Atlantic as both communicative and political formation. The pillars synthesize in the figure of the ship as communication medium and inequity machine. — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 3154 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Symbolic systems function as instruments of domination by reproducing class relations in transfigured form; Symbolic definition and coercion both constitute state social control; Communication is a symbolic process producing and maintaining reality. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 180 (+14 more)

Related

• Symbolic systems function as instruments of domination by reproducing class relations in transfigured form (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• The slave ship functioned simultaneously as a communication medium and an inequity machine #exemplifies (0.85) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 3154
• Power operates through symbolic influence while coercion abandons symbolic generalization #expands (0.85)
• Power operates partly through perception rather than explicit verbal communication #corroborates (0.80)
• Differentiated societies develop generalized communication media to bridge their subsystems. #expands (0.80)
• Writing enabled complex power chains and democratic control over power #exemplifies (0.80)
• Physical force mediates power’s symbolic and organic levels, differentiating political power #expands (0.75)
• Communication is a symbolic process producing and maintaining reality. #expands (0.70) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 180
• The ritual view of communication maintains society in time through shared beliefs #corroborates (0.60) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 161
• Broadcasting self-regulates within the state’s definition of sociopolitical reality #exemplifies (0.60)
• Situation-level symbolic transactions can influence society’s broader reproduction #corroborates (0.55)
• Micro-level symbolic encounters carry relative autonomy from the social structure #qualifies (0.50)
• Society operates as a complex formation structured in dominance with relative institutional autonomy #corroborates (0.50)
• Material and social reproduction occur simultaneously and inseparably #expands (0.50)
• Capitalist and formally pre-capitalist modes combine in structured dominance. #corroborates (0.45)