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Surplus value after all tools & supplies to do the job are paid for, is not given back to the workers in most cases. The workers produce the profit in the first
by prolikewh0a 8y ago
Surplus value after all tools & supplies to do the job are paid for, is not given back to the workers in most cases. The workers produce the profit in the first place.
- perl4ever 8y agoWhich workers are "the" workers? Are the workers the ones who create the capital assets that multiply productivity, or the ones that use those capital assets? It seems obvious to me, morally and logically, that if worker A creates an asset that multiplies the value of the work of worker B, that both should share in the additional value created. The value of capital assets depends on the profit that can be made with them, so I assume you aren't saying that "worker A" is disconnected from the capitalist profit mechanism. Then too, "worker A" and "worker B" are sometimes two roles of the same person - this seems relevant on HN, where people tend to be software developers who are always creating tools and using them.