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[40] Cookieman: skilled labor more valuable? Marx says that skilled labor counts as multiplied simple
labor and that a smaller amount of complicated labor is
equal to a bigger amount of simple labor. We can agree that
1 heart surgeon produces more value per hour than the 15
people working a shift at a fast food restaurant. Some
people today would argue that each person in society plays a
role and that each person is necessary, both the simple
laborer as well as the skilled laborer. Marx's response to
that comment would be simply that he is not trying to
downplay simple labor, but simply that it is of less value. |
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