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[71] Hans: Expression of value in use-value. The answer is “no” because this equation does not say that
20 yards of linen have the same value as the coat. This
equation does not compare the value of the linen with the
value of the coat. Instead you might say it compares the
value of the linen with the use-value of the coat (and
says nothing about the value of the coat at all). This
equation represents the view of the linen weaver, who is
willing to trade 20 yards of her freshly woven linen for a
coat she needs. She views her linen as value, since she
vividly remembers the labor she put into it. On the other
hand, she is making this trade because of the use-value of
the coat, not the value of the coat. Can one therefore say
that the coat symbolizes the value of the linen? No,
because coat is value too, and value itself cannot be a
symbol of value. |
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