| This question <102|143> overall <102|106> Thugtorious: <101|114>. (graded A) |
| Question 77: Is it a character flaw to be lazy in an exploitive system? |
| [103] Thugtorious: I definitely see where ADHH [102] is coming from when responding to this question. However, in consideration of Marxian thought, I think that capitalistic production is somewhat of a contradiction, and that is where the flaw is found. Laborers exert time, energy, and overall themselves into the productive process but are only rewarded with a percentage of what they created. And, they do not benefit emotionally, spiritually, and/or mentally for the menial task of repetitive production. Why is this the case? Because another individual wants to be paid for owning the means of production and does so through the exploitation of the laborer. |
| I am not saying that it is a character flaw to want compensation for your efforts. That is exactly what Marx is arguing: laborers should receive the fruits of their labor. However, within capitalistic production, workers don't see this contradiction and operate as if there were no opposing forces at all. They receive their pay check, not in the form of what they created, but in the form of species (money) that has only the “use-value” created by the society that they live in: a medium of exchange. The flaw is not intrinsic in human nature, but is created by the contradiction of capitalistic production vis-à-vis the exploitation of the laborer and ownership of the means of production. |
| In summary, it is not a character flaw of humans to be lazy in an exploitative system, but a symptom of the ills within the system as a whole. |
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