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Marxism - Part 2: The machinery of class and capital
A worker stands at the factory gate, wage packet in hand, having just sold hours of life for a sum that will never quite add up. On the surface, it’s a fair exchange—labor for money, contract for contract. But beneath this everyday ritual lies a structure that would haunt the modern world: the systematic extraction of value, hidden in plain sight. Marxism’s central claim is not a plea for charity or a vague protest against wealth.
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