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Asymmetric relational depth increases exploitability, and exploitative interventions entering through the Lacanian 'Real' bypass valuation and circulation to return as exhaustion and lost generative capacity during the reproduction stage. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

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To establish a comprehensive taxonomy and dynamic model of how value generated within relationships is exploited across its entire lifecycle.

August 29, 2026Open Access

Relational Value Exploitation: Taxonomy and Mechanisms

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To establish a comprehensive taxonomy and dynamic model of how value generated within relationships is exploited across its entire lifecycle.
Constructed a theoretical framework dividing relational lifecycles into six extended regions: encounter, formation, co-generation, valuation, circulation, and reproduction.
Cross-referenced three operational aspects (form, conditions, and process) with Lacanian register dynamics (Real, Imaginary, Symbolic) to classify interventions.
Compiled and classified a combinatorial corpus of 225 distinct exploitative mechanisms across atomic, single-stage, and multi-stage configurations.
Interventions entering through the Real account for 10% to 20% of sites during encounter, formation, and co-generation, drop to 0% at valuation and 5% at circulation, and rebound to 12.5% at reproduction.
Interventions entering through the Imaginary persist through valuation, demonstrating that depletion in the valuation stage is unique to the Real rather than a general symbolic effect.
Asymmetric relational depth elevates exploitation risks by expanding the extractable surface and raising exit costs for the party with greater unreciprocated investment.

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Conceptual analysis uncovers 225 mechanisms of value exploitation in social relationships, indicating that asymmetric relational depth drives unrecorded generative depletion.

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Wanhong HUANG (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9299bb8e5d7d1fc0c11d21 https://doi.org/10.17613/hvvt1-17p35

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Conceptual analysis uncovers 225 mechanisms of value exploitation in social relationships, indicating that asymmetric relational depth drives unrecorded generative depletion.

Relational Value Exploitation: Taxonomy and Mechanisms

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