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[OT] Re: Python training time (was)

Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters mertz at gnosis.cx
Sat Feb 1 13:38:17 EST 2003 
Jack Diederich <jack at performancedrivers.com> wrote previously:
|Marx's labour theory of value tried to set an absolute scientific standard
|[Marx considered himself a scientist] by stating that something was worth
|excatly the amount of _human_ labor put into it.  He hedged this a bit
|by saying the most efficient amount of human labor

But understand the special meaning given to "hedge" here.  The
caricature "labor theory of value" Diederich describes is indeed set out
in the first few pages of _Poverty of Philosophy_ (and repeated in Ch
1-2 of _Capital_, volume 1).

To trick to this cartoon is *Marx's* theory is to avoid reading the rest
of _Capital_ volume 1, to say nothing of volume 2 or 3.  Or the
_Grundrisse_, _Theories of Surplus Value_, or other works.  In fact, it
involves ignoring the parts of Chapter 2 where Marx explicitly says
"keep reading for the wrinkles."

So yeah, it's true no one ever believed the caricature...  ESPECIALLY
NOT Marx.

Yours, Lulu...

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