Not2BSubjugated
Callous Individualist
- Feb 15, 2012
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The value of your labor is measured by the labor time you invested in acquiring your skill. Just like any other commodity. That is why the heart surgeon's labor is valued more than that of the janitor. Do you understand?If we're only going to factor in labor time, what incentive is there to learn a skilled profession and go to the trouble of acquiring the tools for a dedicated trade? If I can get paid the same for mopping as I can for heart surgery, why the fuck would I go study anatomy for 7 years? That shit ain't fun.
Of course I understand, that was exactly the point I was getting at.
What I don't understand is how you're going to act as though this was a given all along. All you've said thus far is that labor time in creating the product should be the singular measurement of value. In fact, the point that you just made about heart surgery vs mopping also applies to your example of table making vs coffee harvesting, but was never acknowledged.
Picking coffee beans is entry level, no skill work. Two hands, working legs, undamaged spine, perfectly qualified.
Table making, or any sort of wood working or furniture making, is an acquired skill.
If the table maker had to spend time to learn his craft, why the fuck would a 5 hour table be worth only 5 hours of harvested coffee beans?
My other big problem with Marxism. Aside from being too simple to map over reality accurately, I have the hardest time finding Marxists who can maintain any sort of consistency in their principles.