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Question 16: Sum up once more the arguments why Marx's Capital starts with the commodity.

[59] Pegasus: Marx's CAPITAL starts with the commodity because it is the elementary form of wealth under the capitalist mode of production. He also states that reality is structured in layers.

Hans: He does not say this explicitly. I say it in my comments, and Marx says many things which amount to this, but he never says in so many words “reality is structured in layers.” This is Bhaskar, not Marx.

[59] Pegasus: It makes sense to start with the most simple form which is the commodity. Both money and capital are more complex than the commodity.

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