Thomas Barrio<p>From Proto-Accumulation to Centralization: Technique, Power, and the Inversion of Accountability</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finley</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Clastres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clastres</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wittfogel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wittfogel</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mumford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mumford</span></a> shed light on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Antiquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antiquity</span></a>: early societies resisted <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centralization</span></a>, but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technicalMastery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technicalMastery</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/irrigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>irrigation</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a>) allowed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elites</span></a> to invert <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a>. The rise of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> stems from this progressive centralization. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Power</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politicalPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalPhilosophy</span></a> The concentration of power and…</p><p><a href="https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/from-proto-accumulation-to-centralization-technique-power-and-the-inversion-of-accountability/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">homohortus31.wordpress.com/202</span><span class="invisible">5/06/29/from-proto-accumulation-to-centralization-technique-power-and-the-inversion-of-accountability/</span></a></p>