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[–] edge@hexbear.net 59 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I imagine if the LTV got debunked we'd all have a good time never needing to work, since valuable goods apparently just appear out of nowhere.

[–] duderium@hexbear.net 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah well what if you made something and no one wanted to buy it? Checkmate, tankie.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Labour is what gives something value, but not all labour is of value (see: Keir Starmer)

[–] NPa@hexbear.net 9 points 5 months ago

Keir Starmer couldn't even make a proper mud-pie if he was living in a bog

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 24 points 5 months ago

That's essentially what liberals say

[–] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

since valuable goods apparently just appear out of nowhere.

This is literally a foundational theory of mainstream liberal economic models, down in the bedrock where even econ grad students don't get taught about it lmao.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 15 points 5 months ago

It’s odd that Marx was inspired by liberal economists, yet the ones we see today are the caricatures of capitalists we see in old timey propaganda