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Question 80: Marx says that as use-values commodities do not contain an atom of value. Would he also say that the labor process does not contain an atom of abstract labor?

[48] Teight: It would be inaccurate to say that Marx believes that abstract labor isn't included in the labor process. Any labor process requires some sort of abstract labor. Labor power consists of what a laborer uses to process a given commodity. For example, the muscles a person uses, or the smarts it takes to produce a given commodity. The labor power used by a laborer can be used in any labor process regardless of the commodity. Furthermore, the labor process is the cost of a certain labor power. Labor process by a person is the labor power performed by that person which could have produced several million other labor processes.

Hans: What you say is correct, but you should work on your formulations. Your last sentence, for instance, could be reformulated as follows (if I understand it right): “Every labor process is performed by a person whose labor-power could have performed several million other labor processes.”

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