Describes a process of amassing goods, persons, or things. The accumulation of wealth through investments, interest, and profit is a key function of capitalism. Critics of the impulse to accumulate might identify it as a long, historical process that has accrued unpayable debts; or as a practice that inherently miscalculates values of human labour or environmental waste. Others might simply characterize accumulation as hoarding or looting, while seeking out ways to turn its impulse into one of sharing and giving away (see I Stood Before the Source, Don’t Forget the Money!, and Capitalist Duets).