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zeteo
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
Did the ad suggest to you that the iPad was a replacement for cheap, low quality physical objects? That would not be very good copy for Apple. On the contrary, all the instruments etc. seemed rather nice to me. The piano alone was probably worth thousands of dollars.
zeteo
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
Yes, a closer analogy would be "look, this guy had a basketball signed by Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant in 1996, and now it's being blown to smithereens and replaced by a 3D model on his iPad".
zeteo
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
If I saw a house, that looked like the one where I grew up, being cheerfully destroyed to build a Walmart parking lot, yes I might get a little distressed. It would certainly not improve my opinion of Walmart.
zeteo
·12 jaar geleden·discuss
>everything is unclear. A car, a hammer - even the computer you are reading this on can all be used as capital and lent to workers to apply their labor to.

Yes, many means of production can be used by the owner as well but I don't think that makes the concept unclear. Marx only objects when you benefit from other people working for you and using it.
zeteo
·12 jaar geleden·discuss
> [Marx] thought we should abolish private property. People should not be allowed to own things.

I don't think that's accurate. Marxists want to abolish private property of the means of production. So it's OK to have a house and car for your own use, but not a factory where others work for you - because in such circumstances, Marx thought, exploitation and dehumanization become inevitable. I'm not saying I agree with this analysis, but in a world where Silicon Valley executives conspire to depress wages and many people are stuck in "bullshit jobs" it can't be completely disregarded either.