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it requires a particular political framework for it to make sense to think about wage levels outside the context of the social relations that they express.
in this case, the particular political framework is that of capital.
"classical economics"--based in the idea that you can think about markets as abstractions, as formalizable systems that might have self-regulatory mechanisms--is an expression of the interests of capital through and through--because it provides a pseudo-justification for this kind of abstraction.
the consequences of this way of thinking are inflicted on working people.
what interests me in this is that people will argue against the social interests of any given nation-state at the level of wages, for example, but will remain nationalist in other areas: i dont see how the disconnect between them works.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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