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PoliEdPod 1: Marx and Political Economy (Introduction to Class Unity #1)

Class Unity

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The Disadvantages of Labor Power

labor is basically the activity that goes into making surplus value. Labor power, I mean, that's when it sounds like jargony, some people maybe,. It's to some people, perhaps it sounds like labor movement and black power or something. Thaddeus: The difference is indeed just that in capitalism, labor power becomes commodity, which workers buy. But you're at the disposal of a capitalist for an hour in exchange for 10, 25. And that's indeterminate, right? What you do within that hour.

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