I noticed people started to use the idea of “no ethical consumption under capitalism” to just be completely irresponsible and just stop trying at all. I don’t think the point of that is to give up completely lol

  • Xx_Aru_xX [she/her, they/them]
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    10 months ago

    Labor Theory of Value. I don't know how common it is, but I've seen people using it to justify killing someone who stole something from you, because "you bought it with hours of your work".

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      10 months ago

      In fairness this stems from leftist misinterprtations of the LTV which mix up exchange and use value and fail to nail down "Socially necessary". The genius of marx is that he shows that the folk conception of value is several different things, and that Marginalist interpretations conflate these things to maintain the supremacy of capital.