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#295 – Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism

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What Is the Difference Between More and Surplus?

Marx uses the German word mehr, M-E-H-R, which is the English equivalent of more. That more got badly translated into the word surplus. The workers who produce the surplus together decide what to do with it. that's the closest Marx comes to a definition of communism.

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