daveman
Diamond Member
Marx was a worthless, lazy piece of shit who let his family starve to death. Figures he'd be your hero.I think you're making a mistake to think in terms of big or small government.
We have the best government money can buy.
Marx knew that labor power is distinct from every other commodity in one important aspect; labor has the power to produce value beyond what is needed for its own reproduction.
The value that goes into the commodities that sustain a worker for a 12 hour day is less than the value of the commodities that worker can produce during those 12 hours.
"The key to understanding the nature of the capitalist economy, according to Marx, lies in understanding the nature of the commodity.
"A commodity is something that is useful and that is produced in order to be exchanged for a different kind of commodity.
"Parents who make bread to feed their family are not producing commodities.
"Bakers who produce bread to sell on the market are producing commodities."
The Labor Theory of Value and Surplus Value