Dead and Living Labor: Introduction to Core Marxist Ideas (Wark 3)

I pause to try to pick apart and better understand some key but often bedeviling Marxist terms that can get in the way of understanding McKenzie Wark and other authors who borrow from Marx's toolkit. Dead labor, capital, surplus value, commodity fetishization, and the tendency of the rate of profit to fall (and what capitalists tend to do about that) are all touched on in this video.

Here's the article I refer to:

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[m.rebman]

Laurie, do not be too concerned about your lack of economics training; I am an economist of the capitalist stripe, but am a Canadian, which may be important for your followers. In general, your assessment of Marxist Labour Theory is correct. Do not worry.

[alisaniu]

Great Video! The surplus value is also regarded as "free gift" for capital, and it is the secret to capitalist production!


One question is, what is the full name of the citation from Wark? Can u pls answer it?

[ziggyzhang]

Doug Lain from Zero books would be a good writer to interview on Marxists theory. Actually I'm sure you're aware of them