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[–] Kolibri@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In the parts of Capital where Marx refers to dead labor, he actually means it literally and means skeletons doing a lot of labor in society

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

nerd Um actually, that refers to a different form of skeletons, called commodities

Smh, skeleton warriors are reserve army of labor(ers)

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

when you have a large reserve army of labor the few people actually working are a skeleton crew