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| Question 60: Labor power creates products. The value of the products comes from the value of labor power, and the use value from the use value of labor power. Is this a correct rendering of Marx's theory? |
| [98] Wolf: I agree and dissagree with your rendering of Marx's theory. I say this because, labor power consists of two parts singularly or together. Labor power is abstract labor and or concrete labor the difference of the two is qualitative. Abstract labor is synonomyous with unskilled labor, labor that is monotnous, with the main focus on producing a utility that is demanded. It is the least rewarding and with the highest turnover rate of the two. Where as concrete labor is the same as saying creative / skilled labor. This is innovative and more rewarding because it is aimed at makeing or doing something new and exciting, bigger and better with or with out a commodity (in demand). |
| As I said before, labor power consists of two parts, singularly or together. Let's look at them singularly, abstract labor has the focus of producing a utility that is demanded (by the market). Therefore, the value of products comes from abstract labor. Thus saying, value of labor power is the same as abstract labor. Where as the use value of the products comes from concrete labor. Where upon one can say that use value of labor power is the same as concrete labor. |
| But however, this is where I dissagree. Labor, it's value and use value can't simply define labor power, because something is still lost / wasted. The reason for this being, that laborers, capitalists or anyone for that fact aren't able to reap these powers we speek of because it may be the case that laborers are forced to bottle up their creative and innovative tallents all in the name of producing something for the market, something with value, not use value, something to be a carrier of exchange value. On top of it all, a laborer has to deal with a sence of alienation / depression / oppression, thus slowing their production and then even the capitalists suffer. |
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