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Originally Posted by roachboy
all this follows from the founding assumptions behind neoliberalism:
capital creates wealth
labor only enters the equation as a variable cost
so capital accumulation in the aggregate is all that matters.
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Even Adam Smith recognized the necessary role of labour in generating wealth. This, before capitalism was even a word.
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