LiberalSocialist

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each and every time, without fail in c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net
[–] LiberalSocialist@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

:rat-salute-2:

Edit: Were prisoners in gulags paid for their labor?

Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos founder, sentenced to 11.25 years in prison in c/news@hexbear.net
[–] LiberalSocialist@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

lol I fully expect her to be free in a couple years. Even then, her prison will probably have a spa, movie theatre and servants waiting hand and foot.

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Hot take: 26 year olds should not fuck 19 year olds. (hexbear.net)
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It's not illegal, but it's still weird, creepy and potentially harmful and no amount of lambasting about "the problematic age gap discourse" will make it not true.

Is the Labor Theory of Value junk? in c/askchapo@hexbear.net
[–] LiberalSocialist@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

wdym?

Is the Labor Theory of Value junk? in c/askchapo@hexbear.net
Is the Labor Theory of Value junk? in c/askchapo@hexbear.net
[–] LiberalSocialist@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I am currently reading it! Marx is such a good, but dense writer. I tried reading some “introductions” and “explanations” by others but tbh, it’s just better to read him directly.

The video goes in-depth about testing the theory and concludes there isn’t any empirical proof for it. Not so much challenging it on philosophical grounds.

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Is the Labor Theory of Value junk? (hexbear.net)
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There’s this new video by a good YouTuber - Value by Unlearning Economics. There was also an article by Ben Burgis for the Jacobin which argued the same.

Is it possible, as both these people argue, to separate Marx’s critique of capitalism from his theory of value? To keep the former and discard the latter?

Edit - I’m not siding with the video or with Burgis, btw. I think Marx’s value theory is correct. I’m just looking for people who can shine some light on this new(?) phenomena of leftists speaking out against LTV while trying “save” Marx’s critique of capital. To me, that just seems like a pointless and hopeless endeavour.

Is there any concrete proof that companies like Huawei spies on people? in c/technology@hexbear.net
[–] LiberalSocialist@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Even if they do, the options are basically be spied on by the Chinese or by their own governments. In which case, your own governments can do a lot lore damage to you, personally. So go for Chinese phones - what can they do to you?