• duderium [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    “LTV has already been debunked, it’s obvious to everyone that commodities simply build themselves!”

    “Marx never considered how technology increases productivity.” (Productive forces)

    “Marx never considered how the market alters the price of commodities.” (Exchange versus use value)

    “So do you stupid tankies think that if workers do something totally useless (digging holes and then refilling them), that something is still valuable?” (Socially necessary labor time)

    It’s kind of an oxymoron I guess but “to understand Marxism is to be a Marxist.” None of these critics on reddit-logo have read a word of Marx.

  • wheresmysurplusvalue [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    For a marxist, having half the population digging holes, and another half filling them, is a value creating endeavour no different than buiding a bridge, as long as the labour is approximately equal.

    I wish I could be that confidently wrong.