The ruling class controls mental production and regulates ruling ideas

Evidence

There is, however, a more stringent sense of the meaning of a monopoly of knowledge. When one speaks, let us say, of the monopoly of religious knowledge, of the institutional church, one is not referring to the control of particles of information. Instead, one is referring to control of the entire system of thought, or paradigm, that determines what it is that can be religiously factual, that determines what the standards are for assessing the truth of any elucidation of these facts, and that defines what it is that can be accounted for as knowledge. Modern computer enthusiasts may be willing to share their data with anybody. What they are not willing to relinquish as readily is the entire technocratic world view that determines what qualifies as an acceptable or valuable fact. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 743 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Capitalism’s division of labor yields ruling ideas controlled by the dominant class; Cultural domination shapes working-class perception without fully occupying the mind; Ideologies act on people structurally through a process that escapes them (+14 more)

Related

• Monopoly over knowledge means controlling the paradigm, not just data (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Monopoly over knowledge means controlling the paradigm, not just data #expands (0.80) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 743
• Power operates partly through perception rather than explicit verbal communication #expands (0.78)
• Ideologies act on people structurally through a process that escapes them #expands (0.75)
• Hegemony explains class rule as cultural and political sway, not just economic interest #expands (0.70)
• Power-laden words constrain how and whether people can think certain thoughts. #expands (0.70)
• Modes of determination allow ideological superstructures more than a residual role #expands (0.70)
• Cultural domination shapes working-class perception without fully occupying the mind #qualifies (0.60)
• Restricting access to literacy and discourse is a regime’s central control mechanism #exemplifies (0.60) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 107