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Patrick Gwillim-Thomas
is on page 100 of 149
The theory on surplus value in industrial capital was easy to understand but a bit dissatisfying because of it. It still seems to be about the coercion and undervaluing of labor power, it just shifts that from the fight over the wage to the ‘creation of a lag between labor exchange and product exchange.’ Feels like much of a muchness.
— Dec 22, 2025 08:45AM
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Patrick Gwillim-Thomas
is on page 123 of 149
Okay yeah some interesting stuff on Marx still caring about Signifier-Signified distinctions when it comes to his critique of Philosophy and his critique of class (consciousness). Interesting for the Marx scholars out there but Karatani’s new analysis of value form has remained stagnant for 30 pages, he’s just proving it ‘solves’ Marx in more elaborate ways.
— Dec 23, 2025 09:00AM
