We have said that experience is related to assimilation, but the relationship is often not pure and direct. There are conflicting characteristics within the me leading to conflicting desires. When one desire is acted upon, the contrary desire must be dealt with. In politics adjustment means creating a proper correspondence be tween those groups that you belong to and thy groups that you wish let influence. It means defending your own against the claims of others to influence you and defending what you wish to do.
Political adjustment stops certain actions and permits.
Freud modified his trilogy late in life, as did Plato. Now, the things that are possessed, expanded, and adjusted are the payoffs. Here the preference is for payoffs in economic assets. Fame and regard given by others are the preferred payoffs here. One seeking the many forms and tokens of affection has love-cantered drives.