Responses to the social order have been conditioned by the available means for human development and by the form of the dominant social relations. In modern times, the material instruments as well as the social relations have served a specific historical function: the accumulation of Capital. The period of accumulation of Capital consists of an expanded reproduction of productive forces accompanied by a constant reproduction of social relations. At a low level of development of productive forces, the means of survival are scarce, there is little surplus and society is constrained by this material scarcity to expend its productive energy ensuring its survival; productive activity is forced labor. At a high level of development of productive forces, the means of survival are scarce and society is constrained to expend its productive energy ensuring its survival—but the scarcity is no longer material. It is social. Productive activity is forced labor. It is enforced by a security
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