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| Question 41: In [mecw29]274 Marx writes “It is as if the different individuals had thrown their labor time together and allocated different portions of the labor time at their joint disposal to the various use values.” Why the formulation “It is as if?” Have they done it or haven't they? |
| [95] Hippie: Marx uses ‘It is as if’ because yes, the workers did do it, but not intentionally. Someone who makes 2“ by 4” boards only knows that his job is to make these boards. He does not know where they will be used when he is done, and to him, it makes no difference if the boards are used to build a farmhouse or a treehouse. To the builder of the farmhouse, it makes no difference where the boards come from. |
| Hans: Yes, this is exactly the point. They did it without intending it. The producer and consumer are sometines not even aware that they stand in a relation witch each other. |
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