As a result, both aspects of culture are, according to the existing system of social stratification or differentiation, structured on the basis of power and resource allocation. I will begin with a discussion of intersubjective structures. Following that, I will continue with a description of objective structures. The conflictive mentality is diversity without unity. The dominant structural mentality is typically demonstrated by those in positions of power.
Structures often frame the world into permutations of oppressor and oppressed statuses.
In addition, it is frequently to the advantage of power elites to promote chaos and conflict among the disenfranchised in order to maintain their social control. Our destinies are, in my view, essentially conditioned by the structures internalized within us. It operates within certain parameters. The abolition of control, by government and by the capitalists, as advocated by Mikhail Bakunin and the anarchists, is somewhat beside the point. Collective consciousness and its constituent structures are products of history.