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maxli-catenby · 6 months ago

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Honestly I think one of the most useful economic skills from a left/anti-capitalist perspective is to forget about dollars/currency and think of costs in hours; ie "how many hours of labor does it take to do/provide xyz".

It's helpful for understanding why some modes of production are peticularly/inherently exploitative and/or unsustainable, and to look for ways things could be better

#This partly inspired by door dash discourse #“Food delivery services are important to some people” is true #And doesn't change that “an on-demand single client per trip delivery service is going to be exploitative”#But also discussions from people who call themselves communists about argucultural exports from the global south #Any system of equality between us will mean that the prices of those products #(bananas cholacte coffee etc)#Significantly increase #Because of the large amounts of labor needed in their production #That right now we're benefiting from our labor being worth much more

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