So then what’s the point of the labour theory of value? Why do we need to use hours of labour as a measurement of value?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for gay space communism, as long as it can work. I’d love to live in a money-free society, and just take basic income to do what I love: teaching science to others and exploring it more deeply myself. I think that “to each according to their needs” is an admirable baseline, but how do you convince people that it’s worthwhile to buy into that, since it would take serious buy-in from the vast majority of people to make it work (otherwise, the coffers of the state will be empty, and you get mass death)
Personally, I’d be fine with a state takeover of every industry, then turning everything into a worker co-op. Of course, as a public educator, that’s already how it works for me, but my sector could use stronger unions and the right to strike (in my jurisdiction, neither of these are present)
The post wasn’t made to suggest this analogy as the solution but rather as a thought experiment to demonstrate the evil of money hoarders. Once enough of us recognize the evil and farcical nature of capital then we can work towards a solution.
So then what’s the point of the labour theory of value? Why do we need to use hours of labour as a measurement of value?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for gay space communism, as long as it can work. I’d love to live in a money-free society, and just take basic income to do what I love: teaching science to others and exploring it more deeply myself. I think that “to each according to their needs” is an admirable baseline, but how do you convince people that it’s worthwhile to buy into that, since it would take serious buy-in from the vast majority of people to make it work (otherwise, the coffers of the state will be empty, and you get mass death)
Personally, I’d be fine with a state takeover of every industry, then turning everything into a worker co-op. Of course, as a public educator, that’s already how it works for me, but my sector could use stronger unions and the right to strike (in my jurisdiction, neither of these are present)
The post wasn’t made to suggest this analogy as the solution but rather as a thought experiment to demonstrate the evil of money hoarders. Once enough of us recognize the evil and farcical nature of capital then we can work towards a solution.