Claude Levi-Strauss held that anthropology would compare the premodern knowledge expressed through myth with the modern knowledge expressed through science. Myth dealt with concrete things in the world and could only make combinations with those things in order to explain reality. Science dealt with abstract concepts that would open up the possibilities of reality and introduce new ideas. Myth was ahistorical while science implied a movement toward progress.

 
The prisoner's dilemma is an elaboration of the tragedy of the commons where individuals will compete with each other if they are unable to communicate their needs with each other. Both were used to prove that capitalism is the best way to allocate resources, but they ignored the fact that competition would only begin once the commons was enclosed and the working class was unable to effectively organize itself. It became a tactic of control which required the appearance that those in control share the same interests as those who are controlled.

 
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The exchange value of capitalism allows a social relationship between objects to replace a material relationship between people. This creates a kind of haunting of commodities that appear to have a life of their own. Most criticism of this process proposes an alternative that still emphasizes use value and productivity, which is an exercise of a system of power. The real alternative to the commodity form is excess that can not be calculated or contained by an economic system.

 
The tyranny of the majority in a democracy can make it possible for individuals to be sacrificed for the benefit of a larger group. However, it would be possible for a minority to be protected if the conditions of the democractic structure was agreed to beforehand by consensus. If there are those who dissent then they can be placed outside of the democratic structure. Then if a decision arises that takes away from a minority, those in the minority could have a veto option besides their vote.