In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist

Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by Gormo on Friday January 28, 2022 @10:05AM (#30115472)

All exchange is predicated upon each party gaining more utility from what they get than by retaining what they give up. The company you work for retains the goods/services you sold them and enjoys a net increase in utility, and you retain the compensation they provided in exchange, and enjoy your own net increase in utility as a result.

On top of that, the ultimate consumption utility enjoyed at the terminus of the entire chain of production is not something you are individually responsible for; you aren't creating the final value, only offering your own marginal contribution of value by selling your own goods and services to your own particular customer.

The concept of "class" does not factor into the reality of any of this.

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Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by DenisM on Friday January 28, 2022 @03:12PM (#30119707)

I was with you until the last sentence.

Per Marx, there is the class of people who work for a living *, and the class of people who don't because others do. This has been true since 10,000 years ago and the distinction remains relevant today. The actual classes change, but the division remains.

* Managers and executives are still workers, only their job is to drive other workers on behalf of the owners.

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