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| Question 119: When Marx wrote that labor is the father and the earth the mother of use-values, should he also have included produced means of production in addition to nature and labor? |
| [77] Tyler: Nature, Labor and Use-values. No, produced means of production are a by-product of the two fundamental elements of labor and nature. In much the same way a basic commodity is eventually transformed from these two core ingredients, labor and nature are the only basic variables necessary to transform whatever item you're discussing into a produced means of production. |
| As labor and nature alone are the only two building blocks required to create use-value, including any other aspects necessary for this manifestation would be redundant. AntonioGramsci comes to this conclusion using deductive reasoning in [2004fa:33] - the conclusion is made that since labor and nature are both necessary preconditions for produced means of production that they cannot be included in the same class as these two fundamental factors. |
| However, the importance of the produced means of production should not be entirely overlooked in the construction of use-values. Hans notes this in a response to [2004fa:37] which points out that many of our modern use-values are the result of processes incorporating these means of production. In conclusion, while produced means of production are critical to the process of attaining use-values, labor and nature are the only necessary prerequisites for commodities/products and as such should remain peerless in this discussion. |
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