Synergy and Capitalism

A Division of Labor presupposes a systemization of labor, and, hence, a Whole that is greater than the sum of its Parts.  In other words, Division of Labor connotes a Holistic concept.  On the other hand, the pursuit of exclusively personal profit is an Atomist concept.  Thus, a contradiction in Smith's system that seems to escape the notice of Marxists is between the promotion of a Division of Labor and the promotion of the personal profit-motive.  But this contradiction is not merely abstract--it is a source of psychological tension wherever Capitalism predominates, often resolved by the repression of the Holistic influence.  Now, as has been previously discussed, Synergy consists in a collective activity that is greater than the sum of its Parts.  Thus, one reason that the Synergic character of the Human species is not more widely recognized is the predominance of Economic systems that require its repression in order to be effective.