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Here's where I get stuck: if we apply the dialectical method to capital, like Marx did, we learn that the price of something is determined by social relations and not their actual use-value. But how is this knowledge useful?
Monday, 08-Jun-15 23:46:02 UTC from web-
@caret7 that knowledge is useful because capitalism applies that. Everyone knows that things don't cost what they are /worth/, they always cost more than that because people will pay it and capitalists want to make profit. in a moneyless society, that will be irrelevant because everyone can have what they need. Although, people might give their friends more than what they need, and that wouldn't be a problem as long as others don't go without.
Monday, 08-Jun-15 23:50:18 UTC from web-
@rarity I see. So, capitalists set the price of something higher than its use-value in order to make a profit. Then, employees are not paid even half of the value of what they produced.
Monday, 08-Jun-15 23:58:03 UTC from web-
@caret7 Lil B makes a good point too http://i.imgur.com/NYhWxUV.jpg
Monday, 08-Jun-15 23:59:58 UTC from web
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