http://www.tribunemagazine.co.uk/2008/12/11/books-arise-ye-starvelings/ Well red Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:18:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.tribunemagazine.co.uk/2008/12/11/books-arise-ye-starvelings/comment-page-1/#comment-7371 yehudi webster Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:30:50 +0000 http://www.tribunemagazine.co.uk/2008/12/11/books-arise-ye-starvelings/#comment-7371 I guess I should first read the book. However, the reviewer did not once mention, and I suspect, neither did the author, Marx's observation that the essence of capitalism is commodification--the production of not goods but commodities using labour power itself as a commodity. What this means is that those whose labour power is not useful have no access to the means of life, which are, of course, commodities. The struggle, then, must surely be to end capitalist commodity production, not poverty and inequality. I guess I should first read the book. However, the reviewer did not once mention, and I suspect, neither did the author, Marx’s observation that the essence of capitalism is commodification–the production of not goods but commodities using labour power itself as a commodity. What this means is that those whose labour power is not useful have no access to the means of life, which are, of course, commodities. The struggle, then, must surely be to end capitalist commodity production, not poverty and inequality.

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