Karl Marx’s Capital Vol. 3 (Part 1/10)
Theory & Philosophy
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The Idea Is That Constant Capital Does Not Add Value to Things
The idea is that raw materials and constant capital in the form of machinery, buildings, et cetera, only add their value to the thing being made. In shortin a kind of long winded orm. So if i'm making c nuggets, i'm going to buy a grill. And let's say this grill costs me a thousand dollars. I'm going to say, ok, i need to sell mc nuggets at such a price so that for the duration of the life of this grill, i am going to be able to earn back what i paid for on that grill. You can't make a machine work harder for you or give more than it is designed to
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