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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•4 months agoWhen you commodify all the people’s wants and needs, you commodify the people.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoWhat are we to them capitalists but (wage) slaves?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoOr, to look at it the other way round: When you commodify people, you will commodify all their wants and needs.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoIf we are being technical, people were already commodified with the origin of Capitalism. Capitalism requires Labor-Power to be bought and sold as a commodity on the open market, that’s where surplus value extraction comes from.
When you commodify all the people’s wants and needs, you commodify the people.
What are we to them capitalists but (wage) slaves?
Or, to look at it the other way round:
When you commodify people, you will commodify all their wants and needs.
If we are being technical, people were already commodified with the origin of Capitalism. Capitalism requires Labor-Power to be bought and sold as a commodity on the open market, that’s where surplus value extraction comes from.