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Karl Marx's "Capital" Vol. 1 (Part 2/4)

Theory & Philosophy

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Capitalism Is a Commodity

Value can't be created in circulation. Value must be attached to labor, but at the same time, value can only be properly measured within circulation. Capital is then for marks. It must have its origin both in circulation and outside, or not in circulation. With this gulf, with this a splitting apart, the more prone the system will be to collapse,. because it will grow more and more unsteady. And that puts us here into chapter six, the sale and purchase of labor power.

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