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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•2 days agoWhen you commodify all the people’s wants and needs, you commodify the people.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]linkfedilinkEnglish4•12 hours agoIf we are being technical, people were already commodified with the origin of Capitalism. Capitalism requires Labor-Power to be bought and sold as a commodity on the open market, that’s where surplus value extraction comes from.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 day agoOr, to look at it the other way round: When you commodify people, you will commodify all their wants and needs.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 days agoWhat are we to them capitalists but (wage) slaves?
When you commodify all the people’s wants and needs, you commodify the people.
If we are being technical, people were already commodified with the origin of Capitalism. Capitalism requires Labor-Power to be bought and sold as a commodity on the open market, that’s where surplus value extraction comes from.
Or, to look at it the other way round:
When you commodify people, you will commodify all their wants and needs.
What are we to them capitalists but (wage) slaves?