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Question 77: Give other examples where the same thing has two different effects, and see if you can identify two different properties which are responsible for these different effects.

[46] Hans: The Joys of Driving   I would formulate the two effects of driving as follows: (1) it gets you from one place to another; (2) it gives you the exhilaration of movement, the experience of negotiating traffic, etc.

But Brooklyn's interpretation of Marx's double character is all wrong. Brooklyn says in [43] that someone who reluctantly performs a job because they have to, produces if anything only a use value. But someone who really identifies with the job will produce value.

The reality of a market economy leads to just the opposite outcome. The market does not know how the person felt who did the work. It is true, someone who really gets into his or her job will also produce better quality, but this quality may not be terribly obvious at the point of sale. You are competing with other goods which are made with the minimum effort and are probably of poorer quality but which are trying to look good anyway. Exceptional quality is not rewarded well by the market. As Marx says, each good counts as an average sample of its kind. This leads to it that labor for the market becomes hurried drudgery. One might say: since the market ony rewards abstract labor, the actual labor processes become more and more abstract.

Of course, with the rising income inequality in our society, there are more and more rich people around who appreciate quality and enthusiastic servants and who do not care about the cost. Driving them around in a limo would be a good job for someone who is really into quality driving (if you can stand being a servant for someone who thinks they are better than you).

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