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[133] Amy: Equalization of labor. Commodity producers equalize their labors unknowingly by trying
to develop the most efficient way to produce their product. Producers
are focused on generating the greatest amount of product in the least
amount of time. The higher the quantity of output for a given amount
of time is better. This forces the producers to also increase quality
because they have to find a better way to produce that commodity. By
increasing the quality of production they are also increasing the
quality of the product. There are only so many ways that one can
increase quantity, and once one producer has figured out the best way
to do it, other firms follow with similar techniques. This starts to
make human labor equal, as stated in the text “one-sided
interest in quantity leads [commodity producers] to act in such a way
that they give their labor the qualitative character of equal human
labor” (notes about 167:1/o). The
goals that the commodity producers are trying to achieve is greater
productivity. They are trying to stay ahead of their competition. By
taking what they know about a production process that is effective and
making adjustments to it they can increase their quantity and quality
of their own product, thus making more money for them. |
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