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Commodity, Use and Sentimental Value

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Commodity value is the most beautiful and metaphysical product of the capitalist market and our imagination. Few things could be more supernatural than this value; it makes a pound of gold appear ‘naturally’ more valuable than a pound of steel. And the day gold stops appearing naturally more valuable (that is, the day commodity value disappears) is the day capitalism dies. Copyright 2013 Nicholas Herriman / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.

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