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[100] Darci: Marx does not contradict himself when he says the simple form
of value is difficult to analyze because if one looks at the
value of commodities as equivalent then quantities must become
involved. As quantities become involved in the analyses then
it become more and more difficult to analyze. For example, if
one looks at all of the equivalent values, i.e. X quantity A =
Y quantity B or Z quantity C or W quantity D, then does it make
Y quantity B equivalent to Z quantity C or W quantity D?
According to Marx this analyses does not work mathematically
and X quantity A is not the reciprocal of Y quantity B because
one value must take an active role in the equation and one a
passive role (A being analyzed using B as the measure).
Differences must become somehow equal with a common
denominator and at this point of the analyses there is no
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