apparatus of capture, n.Definitions

The Apparatus of capture (n.) helps ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠create, from the outset, the very aggregate on which it is performed — there is no mystery at all.

The Apparatus of capture (n.) works ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the gap between nominal and real wages: everything is distributed to the poor, who are then extorted of whatever they fail to convert into goods in that strange race.

The Apparatus of capture (n.) works ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠by two operations, comparison and monopolistic appropriation — and comparison always presupposes the appropriation.

The Apparatus of capture (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the semiological operation par excellence — so the associationists were not wrong to explain political power by the association of ideas.