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minus-squarewiLD0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoWhen you commodify all the people’s wants and needs, you commodify the people.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·13 hours 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.
minus-squareBloomcole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWhat are we to them capitalists but (wage) slaves?
When you commodify all the people’s wants and needs, you commodify the people.
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.
What are we to them capitalists but (wage) slaves?