What else does Marx do in "Capital" besides offend Owzyerfather's
complacent notions of Common Sense?
Well, among other things he gives us the most adequate analysis yet
provided of capitalism in the form of a NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COMMODITY.
The transformation of the product of human labour
Livingstone's campaign is pointedly anti-political. He has already said
that 'he's not running as a socialist', and appeals instead to a 'kick
the bums out mood', telling the NME awards "I prefer to be here having a
good laugh rather than sitting in the House of Commons listening to that
lot
In message 008a01bf8ac3$db08b520$dffe869f@oemcomputer, George
Pennefather [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Much of the wealth of capitalist
society is
in the form of factories. Factories are forms of capital but not commodities.
The
factories are a form of fixed capital. Fixed capital is not a
Jim is making a mistake. A factory when used as a factory is a use value that is not a
commodity. It is only a commodity when it is sold. Factories can exist for years and
years -indeed for their entire life span-- as use values --as forms of fixed capital.
The dirty hanky in my pocket is a use
