Domination in modern societies

In this world everything, including us, is constantly changing. Our thoughts, actions, beliefs, all evolve into new phenomena depending on the external factors that directly and indirectly affect us. However, in this sea of uncertainty and transformation, how does domination look like? How can power be maintained through the metamorphosis that is society?

Domination of a population is achieved through coercion, thought a physical force that contains peoples actions but not their mind. To contain and to neutralize the capacity of the mind of those dominated, the controlling class has to have the complete right to physical and symbolic violence, both which guarantee the continuity of the current system.

Here I will focus on symbolic violence, a topic I feel has not received the proper attention it needs today. Symbolic violence, unlike physical violence, requires a degree of consent. Symbolic violence is the means through which the "correct", the "truth", and the "normal" are established and if the dominated class does not accept it, then it cannot be entrenched.

So how is it accepted? The established truth is diffused through different mediums who's sole purpose is to educate those dominated. The educational system, religious institutions, and the mass media all have the task of shaping our perspective on what's right or wrong, how we should behave, and how we should think. As you can see, when one agrees to abide by the rules perpetuated by these mediums of education, one has given consent to establishing them, aiding the dominating class.

So that is domination in modern societies. It has evolved from just controlling the body to controlling the mind and if we are not conscious of it, we will loose our ability to identify it, making us more and more dominated.