Should Workers Get the Full Value of their Labour? | Marx’s Critique of Value

Is equitable distribution of value one of Marx’s central propositions? Or did Marx’s critique of the capitalist mode of production indicate a more radical departure from work as we know it? -------- Patreon: Twitter: -------- Many thanks to Renée (Robot Uprising Supporter) for writing this script! Thank you to Val and Elasmodon for reviewing the scripts and providing important inputs. Narration by Z. Visuals and editing by M. Animated intro by Jack, co-host of the Auxiliary Statements podcast @AuxStatements on Twitter. Intro music by Charles Tristan: -------- Sources: • Marx, Karl. “Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Vol. 1.” Penguin Classics, 1992. • Marx, Karl & Engels, Friedrich. “Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Vol. 3.” Penguin Classics, 1993. • Marx, Karl. “Critique of the Gotha program.” 1975. • Marx, Karl & Engels, Friedrich. “The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto.” Prometheus Books, 2009. • Marx, Karl & Engels, Friedrich. “Collected Works, Vol. 25: Anti-Dühring, Dialectics of Nature.” International Publishers, 1987