{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Marxism - Part 2: The machinery of class and capital","description":"A worker stands at the factory gate, wage packet in hand, having just sold hours of life for a sum that will never quite add up. On the surface, it’s a fair exchange—labor for money, contract for contract. But beneath this everyday ritual lies a structure that would haunt the modern world: the systematic extraction of value, hidden in plain sight.\r\n\r\nMarxism’s central claim is not a plea for charity or a vague protest against wealth. It is a diagnosis of a specific historical order—capitalism—where class relations shape every transaction, and where the promise of freedom is bound tight to the reality of dependence. In this episode, we step into the engine room of Marx’s thought. What did he mean when he said that capital is not just wealth, but value in motion? How does exploitation hide behind the appearance of free exchange? And what, exactly, is lost when labor becomes a commodity? To understand Marxism’s enduring power, we have to see how it transforms the ordinary wage relation into a window on the whole system.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thephilosophyarchive.com/philosophy/marxism","author_name":"The Archive Network"}