The real value in the system is human work, not money; money is the incentive fiction that extracts work.
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The real value in the system is human work, not money; money is the incentive fiction that extracts work.
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Jiang contrasts workers, who create value, with money, which he says only creates more speculative money.
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"...to make us work as hard as possible. Because the real value is not money. The real value is the work we do. Okay?..."
"Doesn't. Create. Any. Value. Money. Just. Creates. More. Money. Okay. Speculative. But. The. Workers. Create. Value. The. Productive. And. Therefore. You. Have. To. Treat...."
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The first Secret History class starts with Kant and ends with alchemy.
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