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Cool explanation of proletarian vs non-proletarian labor, and productive vs non-productive labor, from a classical Marxist view.

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[–] pooh@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

The idea that service workers aren't "proletarian" is so ridiculous that it makes me mad someone spent actually time making a video to refute it.

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

A Marxist economist from Cambridge wrote a good summary of how services fit into Marxist theory (summary: it's not a useful category for Marx)

https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/971d2c5b-b98d-4b0c-9934-03265a752041