Division of labor

‘Division of labor’ is a term that has been used to refer to the perception of labor as divided among units, such as among or between animals, humans, and machines. Natural or situational differences among units register as differences of capacity or in situation, which leads to a division of activity, such as in the harnessing of resources. Solidification of said differences leads to traditions of classification, such as into traditional labor classes. [Eiríksson.] The diversification of labor, because of the inherent division or increasing diversification into labor classes, can be seen as the initial process of society marked by popularly distinct labor classes, i.e. of class society. 
=== Exploitation of labor ===
Cockshott argues that class society evolves into labor classism—i.e. into a society of traditional class exploitation—when food surplus goes into sustaining a crystalised class who engages in no popular physical labor: "A precondition for [popular] class is food surplus, but this is not enough. A food surplus could go to simply extend the division of labor, allowing some people to specialise in non agricultural work: potters or smiths. [But,] a society with farmers, smiths and potters is not, as such a [society of classism], even if the trades become hereditary, since the relationship among the trades is one of equals." What is required for exploitative class formation is "that at least a part of the food surplus go to support a group of people that who no longer engages in physical production." [Cockshott.] 
Exploitation of labor can be relatively traditional (such as hereditary) or situational ("non traditional process", such as civil war resolution or technological adaptation). 
== Rhizomata ==
* Labor; Movement; Division; Diversity; Classes of labor; Popular division of labor; Popular class society 
* Diversification; Traditional division of labor; Exploitation of labor; Traditional exploitation of labor  
* Traditional class exploitation  
* Classification of labor; Class; Labor class; Classism; Exploitative class society; Exploitation