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[–] 2 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

When I mean base and superstructure, I am referring to the base as the mode of production and distribution (ie, imperialist and settler-colonialist capitalism in the US), and the superstructure as the aspects of society that reinforce and maintain that. Laws, culture, art, the state, etc are all part of the superstructure. The base and superstructure reinforce each other, but the base is primary, and the superstructure secondary. This is a Marxist understanding of the subject.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    Yes, I was trying to get at that reinforcement in my comment. Perhaps I was unclear.

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