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[608] Keeper: Marx writes that the many producers of a society come
together in a completely “haphazard and
spontaneous” [202:1/o] way and continues on to say
that the quality of the commodities made by these same
producers is as diverse and scattered as well. It is only
when these independent producers come together to sell their
respective commodities that they begin to form the system of
material dependence on each other. One producer of coats
who has access to new machinery and his labor to produce is
much lower, can sell his coats for a lower amount and still
gain for his labor hours. Another producer of coats may not
have access to new machinery and may have to sell his
commodity for a higher price to recoup the same in his labor
hours, but the quality of the coat is much better. The
market is independent of the producers and does not tell
them how to produce their commodities or how much to charge
for them, but it will influence each producer as price,
labor, quality etc become determined by the commodities
bought and sold. In 2005fa Hans wrote a response to Miron
[2005fa:960] “The
market does not establish the dependence for the producers,
it merely makes the dependence visible.” |
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