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The human usefulness of a created thing, contrasted with the price or exchange value it can command.
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use value
The human usefulness of a created thing, contrasted with the price or exchange value it can command.
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Marx's account of alienation says capitalism replaces creative social affirmation with exchange value, wage labor, specialization, environmental exploitation, and competition.
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"The problem with capitalism is it takes use value, what this thing is used for, and replaces it for exchange value, which is how..."
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"this is a pattern that's happening throughout the world today, and that's why Marx is seeing a massive resurgence in our world today. Now..."
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"Before, we were doing things in order to support our community, in order to please other people, in order to affirm our humanity. Now..."
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"That's the second issue. The third issue is it alienates us from nature. Why? Because capitalism grows by exploiting humans and by exploiting nature...."
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"But if there are no grades, then you might help each other learn. You might tutor each other in homework and help each other..."
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Marx is powerful because he sees what capitalism does to the soul.
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