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[35] Hans: No market for wife-swapping. BonzoIsGod's answer [34] is excellent.
It would have received an A had it been graded. As Bonzo
stresses at the end, the reason why wives do not have
exchange-value in capitalist society has nothing to do with
it whether wife-swapping is socially acceptable. We live in
a society in which there is simply not a market for swapping
wives. Joseph's private arrangement with his friend does
not alter this social fact. On the other hand, many things
which do have an exchange-value are not socially acceptable:
there is a market for illegal drugs, for prostitution,
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