The Onion: A Dialectical Mode of Argument

Marx has set up something which is explaining something already, but it's not a causal analysis. What I want you to start to think about is a dialectical mode of argument that reveals something about the kinds of choices you make when you go into the supermarket. So this is a way of situating what people do on a daily basis. You're going to have to deal with a representation as it is objectified. And then you have to make a decision about use and exchange value. But at the other time, we're faced with a difficult choice. Do I have the use value or do I realize the exchange value? Or do I give up the exchange value and get the use value