Political Economy of the body

First Quote:
Michel Foucault talks about how the physical body is involved with politics and power. I see it as, "the body", a person of lower class is having someone else of more power force them to perform tasks. The person of higher power tortures "the body", over works it, uses and abuses it.

Second Quote:
He also talks about how basically if someone is forced to do something, 'the body' becomes very useful and productive. For the powerful people the more people you are in charge of and force to do things the more power they have.