Workers read wealth, power, and knowledge as an indivisible trinity of capitalist strength.

Evidence

Behind the many proverbial expressions usede.g. `Money makes the world go round’there is in fact an ideological tradition. Wealth, possession of a commanding position and knowledge are still, in the way in which they are reciprocally determined and indivisible, the marks of the power of capitalism in the eyes of many workers. One can still sense today that it has been hammered into generations of workers that the adversary’s strength lies in this trinity of forces, and that a tremendous effort will be necessary to conquer such a foe. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2103

Categorization

• DEFINE: Documents how a folk-proverbial conception of capitalism (wealth-command-knowledge as fused trinity) persisted among workers — a mental framework, not just an attitude.
• XREF: connects to: Modern power and knowledge are conceptually inseparable and copresent

Broader Connections

• Modern power and knowledge are conceptually inseparable and copresent #corroborates (0.80)