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Comment on The problem with accelerationism is precisely that it is not boring enough by Cher T

Cher T — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:17:02 +0000

Seems like even recognising ‘mediocrity’–any kind of mediocrity–is a feature of capitalism, since it hints at an element of competition. Why not be mediocre and love it?

Comment on Servile work and the politics of reproduction by voyou

voyou — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 22:40:07 +0000

I haven’t read that, no, but I’ll definitely check it out. Thanks.

Comment on Servile work and the politics of reproduction by az

az — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:56:58 +0000

Have you read Paul Preciado in Testo Junkie on this? He reads the same passage of Virno, with a similar critique.

Comment on The Official Chart for September 27 by palmer1984

palmer1984 — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:59:21 +0000

I thought Adam’s version of Blank Space was OK, though Shake It Off was terrible.

[Hi, by the way, how are you?]

Comment on Marx vs mathematical economics by Tornike

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Comment on Marx vs mathematical economics by George

George — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:13:48 +0000

Thanks voyou. There was another couple of problems I had with Marx – this time re: The Grundrisse. I’ve already given these questions to another group and they admitted that Marx’s figures were sometimes dodgy although his basic arguments were usually sound. However – I thought I would ask you about these issues as well. I’ll just insert my earlier text:

I wonder if you can clear up a couple of problems I have with the Grundrisse.

Both appear just after the heading “Absolute and Relative Surplus Value”.

The first is this:

“If a half of a working day objectifies itself in one bushel of wheat, and if this is the worker’s price, then the surplus labour can only produce 2 bushels of wheat. Thus 2 bushels of wheat [is] the value of one working day,….”

One working day certainly produces two bushels but surely only ONE of those bushels counts as the product of surplus labour? (Otherwise ALL that the worker produces is the product of surplus labour!)

The second is this:

“Now, if the force of production were to double also in gold production, so that, if 13s. were the product of half a working day and this half a day were the necessary labour before; now 1/4 [working day] produces 52s. …”

If the force of production were to double and if previously half a working day produces 13s then, after the doubling, a quarter of a day would produce what a half day would previously produce i.e. 13s. But, seemingly, it produces 52s i.e. the production has increased by a factor of 8!

Would you explain how Marx arrives at these strange figures?

Comment on Marx vs mathematical economics by voyou

voyou — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 09:26:08 +0000

I think “days” here refers to the “day’s work of 10½ hours”, which was the legal definition of a day’s work in the Factory Act of 1850 (which Marx refers to earlier in the chapter). So 7 (working) days plus 5 hours comes out as 78.5 hours.

I imagine Marx rather liked the fact that he was able to quote a capitalist blithely talking about making workers work over 7 days a week.

Comment on Marx vs mathematical economics by George

George — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 21:04:01 +0000

I know this is an old post but I came across a line from Capital that is tormenting the hell out of me. It’s this:

“.…the average work for the last 18 months has been at the very least 7 days, 5 hours, or 78 1/2 hours a week”

What on Earth does Marx mean by “7 days, 5 hours”? It can’t be an average for a week since it is clearly more than a week. Does he mean the 7 days and 5 hours to be the total time which would be equal to 173 hours? But he can’t mean a total of 173 hours for the entire 18 months. That would be a relaxing job! Does the figure refer to a monthly average? But that would come out at a little over 40 hours a week which would be just like a modern job.

Can anyone help?

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Comment on Communism equals soviet power plus amazon.com by Jetpack Communism: The New Left Accelerationism | alien ecologies

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