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Hard to tell the difference between your parody and your argument

Posted by: vox on February 14, 1999 at 01:40:22:

In Reply to: Proletarians: stealing from the capitalists posted by Joel Jacobson on February 10, 1999 at 12:10:49:

This point, really, was the whole reason Marx advocated an objective value system based upon the price brought by workers for their labor.

I think I speak for all Marxists when I say -- Huh? The price "brought" by the workers? As if workers were able to dictate a price from capitalists?

Really, you are displaying such an incredible misunderstanding of Marx that it's embarrassing. You can't even seem to grasp the relationship between "value" and "price," which is unfortunate enough, expecially since you don't even define the type of value, but seem to see all value as equal, that is, determined by the same function, which you cite as "metaphysical." How absurd!

My guess is that you have an interest in philosphy, but know very little about economics, and certainly nothing about Marxian economics. Please, know what you're disagreeing with, at least.

vox



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