How Capitalism Commodifies Time
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The Rise of Clocks and Other Objective Markers of Time
The rise of standard clocks is relatively recent and does coincide with the rise of capitalism. The turn of the twentieth century brings about an even more radical revolution in our concept of time. Suddenly, across an entire country, you get a standard time. And it's interesting that you mention greenwich time, because, especially in relation to us, it seems like time under capitalism really asserts the time previously played by space.
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