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BruceTayon
D.Honeyman
ANTH409
10February2015
AutomationasthePeasantsSupplementandDemise
Theclassofthepeasantorthe[compounding]peripherynetwork(Wolf278),
whichhasfounddisplacementindevelopednationsincorporatingthecapitalistic
framework,findsdeliberativemeasuresfromthebourgeoisieinmaintenanceoftheir
inequalityandusageofincorporativemeanstocontrolthecommodificationof
production(agricultureinruralsociety/culture).Suchastrata,althoughdeferringfrom
thecontrolledmarketeconomy,makesthecategoricalattemptofanthropological
economistseffortsindefinitiondifficultorimpossibletospeakofthepeasantryasa
class(Wolf255).Ofcourse,intheunincorporateddistrictsofsociety,mainlytheNative
AmericanpopulationofdiscontinuousMexicanstates,incorporatetheirownlandin
utilityasaninstrumentoflabor(Meillassoux99),agriculturallysustaininglifewhilst
mergingintothemarketeconomy,thusincorporatingcapitalisticideologyofmanypost
colonialnationstates.And,asMarxhasstatedthat[CapitalisticIdeology]fetishizes
moneyandendowsitwithlifelikepowerandfecundity,thatmakeitappearthatmoney
ratherthanlaborproduceswealththeincorporativenatureofpeasantperipheries
maximizingutilityandwantsthroughmonetizedassets,derivesanerodingmarket
infrastructuretowhichglobalizationsreachingarmseeksincorporativedutyuponthe

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peasantoruninitiatedagentsofproductionultimatelyleadingtoautomated
productionandashadowedpopulace(Greenberg70).
Inreferencetothedwindlingcultures/societiestowhichrelyuponinternally
producedgoods,orsimplyputthepeasantclass,colonialmeasuresofsovereigncontrol
(emergingfromthebourgeoisieholduponthemodalitiesofsuchcommodity
transference)seemtohaveinundatedthepopulationwithculturallyadherentcapitalistic
wants.Assuch,thisdelineationofclosedcorporatepeasantcommunitieswerethe
creationsofparticularcolonialpoliciesthaterectedaseriesofbarriersaroundnative
communities,notonlytolimitaccesstosourcesof[their]powerandwealth,butto
ensurethenativecommunitieswouldprovidelaborneededbycolonialenterprises
(Greenberg67).Withsuchimplementation,inparticular,thepeasantclassof
contemporarystatusremainsconstrainedbyconflictingculturallymorphingvalueswith
theintroductionoftechnologicalmodesofproductionandmarketownership.However,
inanalysismanynativecommunitiesareendorsedinjoiningthecapitalistframework
throughsovereignenforcement.Suchatribe,theMixeofTamazulapan,willbethusly
discussedformeasuringofefficacy,asIndianpolicyinMexicohasbeenaggressively
assimilationist(Greenberg69).
ThelargelypeasantpopulaceofnativecommunitiessuchastheMixe,operate
uponpeasantproducedagriculture,fulfillingtheindividualsandkinswantsafterdue
apportionmentofproduceinthefamilyunitandcommunity(Greenberg70).So,inthis
now,capitalisticallyexposednativemarket,themorphologyofbusinessanduserutility
changesalongsidetheexpansionofthecommunity.Forinstance,inTamazulapan,the

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populationexplodedfrom2,041in1950to6,379in1990,whichresultedinother
activities[toengage]theinevitablemarketeconomy(Greenberg69).This,although
minorintheschematicofdevelopedsovereignpopulationexpansion,resultsinthe
parcelingoftheinstrumentsoflabor(Meillassoux99)towardsindoctrinatedmarket
interaction.Thenativeconstituent(Mixe)thusreliesonbrokerageandfulfillmentof
productionthroughcommunalmeasures,whichmatchthenationalmarket,orcapitalistic
modesofproduction.
Reciprocally,thisincorporationtransfersthepeasantorlowerproletariat,if
evenintoasourceoflabororownershipforthemarket.Ofcourse,withsuchtardinessin
incorporatingcolonialmarketschemas,theaveragepeasantpredisposedtoagricultural
exploitationrespondstotheincreasedrelianceonmonetarymeasuresforalleviationof
needsandasstatedabovefetishizesmoneywithcapitalisticideology.Although,such
anativecommunityasTamazupalamssystemofproductionforms,formsofexchange
andideologicalconstructsdonotconformtoapurelycapitalistlogic,atleastnotyet
(Greenberg70).So,withtheembattlementofcultural/socialtraditionandthecapitalistic
frameworkenforcedbynationstates,itseemsthatmostnativecommunitiesresisting
incorporationwillinevitablyplummettoideologicalbasespresentinsovereign
conglomerateddoctrineandfallvictimtocapitalistic,bourgeoisiemanipulation.
Which,nowbringsuponthesubjectofuniversalizedideology,fromthe
disseminatorsofpostcolonialprecedentinregardstohumanrights,whichdirectly
affectsthepeasantorlaborerregardingproduction.Increasedaccesstohumanrights
aid,andsovereignintervention,controlthemoralandsocialschemasevolutiontowhich

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nativecommunitieshavedependeduponinthepast.Thisegalitarianfront,compelsthe
hierarchyofnationstatestodispersesuchdoctrine,and(ifnecessary)useforced
supplementation.Additionally,theperipheralnetworkofnativesareshackledbythe
oncomingtechnologicalmeansofproduction,andparallelMarxspredictionforthe
finalsubjectionofdifferentspheresofproductiontocapitalism[would]encountermuch
greaterobstaclesshouldnumerousandweightyspheresofproductionnotbased
capitalistically,insertthemselvesbetweenthecapitalisticenterpriseandconnect
themselvestothem(Wolf256;Marx).Thenativepopulacethusremainsinlimbo,
unabletocontriveevolutionofaninternalmarketplace,relyinguponantecedentlydriven
marketheuristics,effacedbyacademiaintheconglomeratedsovereigns.Inexample,as
theMixepopulaceofnativeagriculturistsfurtherelucidate,theadoptionofsuchan
economycomeswithmoralbacklashamongstsocialconstraintswithsuch
implementation.
Thus,itispredictable,thatuniversalorglobalizeddecreesupontheminorityor
subjugatedpopulation(inthiscasethepeasants),leadstoanautonomydrivenpopulace
indoctrinatedbythenewsocialmovementtheorywhichrejectsclassidentityinlieu
ofuniversalizedprinciplesadvocatedbypolicymonolithssuchastheWTO(Kearney
172).Thisnewaggregationofeconomicinfrastructure,helmedbythecapitalistic
ideology,forcesthedilutednativepopulationintoadherencetoasystemofvaluesthat
reachthroughculturalboundariesandtopographicaldelineatorsintotransnationalism
(Kearney170).Theglobalizedeffortinenforcingaccesstobasenecessitiesfor
individuals,displacesthetraditionalauthorityofthenativepopulation,orassimilatesas

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theMexicangovernmenthasproven,intoahegemonyofmarketinterest.Currency
becomesthemeansforuniversaladherence,vanishingnaturalmeansofproductionand
thebourgeoisiepredisposesthepeasantpopulaceintoadvancementorpredisposethe
nativestowardsfallingfromthecyclicalrenewaloftherelationsofproduction[which]
theoreticallyneverends(Meillassoux102).Unless,themeansofproductionare
disseminatedbeyondsovereignlines,providingmarketsharetothepeasantthrough
incorporativeproduction,whichistobeexpectedwithintheglobalizationofthemarket
andpoliticalboundary.
Insummation,theconglomeratednationstates,effectivelypushingforpolicy
reforminsupplementalprovincessuchastheMixeofTamazulapan,conceivean
ideologicalframeworktowhichmanufacturesreproductionofcapitalisticwantsand
disintegratesnativeboundmeansofnaturalproduction.Theculture/societyenvelopthe
postcolonialeconomicmodalityamidsttheburgeoninginfrastructure,andmoveinto
technologicallyboundproduction.Withtheassertionawayfromusevaluesofthe
peasanthouseholdstheconcoctionofmoneyprovidestheepochaltransitioninto
creatingperceivedrequisitesandauniversalproductionfrontwithmoneyasameansfor
requiringmoreusevaluethantheythemselvesproduce(Wolf258).Thisadoption
imploresthepeasantclasstotranscendtheirsocioeconomicposition,ormoreovertheir
categorization,inturn,fulfillingMarxspromiseofthedisappearanceofthepeasant
class.

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