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[83] Alf: A commodity, when produced, is always in its natural form and
has a use value, but does not yet have value. Although it was
produced through labor, the value of a commodity does not exist until the
product is introduced into the market. The market is what gives a
commodity labor value, but only if the product is accepted socially. If
accepted by the market, the products labor value will be validated, and
the product will become a commodity with both use value and value.
Products must always be integrated into a real social context, or in
other words, as Marx says, must take the form of a commodity. All
products must pass a test of whether or not the labor time exhausted on
them is socially necessary. Therefore, commodities cannot express their
own use values, this must be done through social acceptance in the market
as a valuable commodity. This is only done by the market, or through the
market socially, and not by the commodity itself!! |
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