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Question 223: Describe the joint work of all commodities which is necessary to appropriately express the value of one commodity.

[85] Charles: Joint work of all commodities and their combined value.   The value of one commodity does depend on the joint work of all commodities. The final value of the product is the combination of all the labor, parts, engineering, etc... associated with making the product. All of the products in one commodity are passive until they have to be exchanged or bought. The final value of the commodity is given by the person purchasing it for the first time or making an exchange for another commodity. That's when everything comes together as a joint work in order to express the value. We also have to consider that almost all the commodities will have an item which will determine the main value of the product. Linen would be for the coat, lumber would be for the house, engine for the car, etc... Even though there are many other items associated with making a coat, building a house or a car, they are more likely to be passive until the time comes for everything to be considered in order to express the value of the commodity.

Hans: Charles, you have creative ideas, and it is interesting to read how you see things. But most of your answers have very little to do with Marx's theory. For instance, your answer here discusses how the use-value of each commodity draws on the use-values of its components, while Marx is discussing how the value of a commodity is expressed in the surface interactions. You should have learned by now not to confuse value and use-value, see my [30].

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