working class

billbartlett at dodo.com.au billbartlett at dodo.com.au
Thu Jul 4 01:45:32 PDT 2002


Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


>Capitalists do not rent their labor power - their remuneration is based on their monopoly position i.e. celebrity status or actual control of the process of production - which in economics is called "rent."

With you now. You mean capitalists "rent" their capital in the sense that they retain control of ("monopolise") it, as opposed to workers who "sell" their labour and relinquish control.

Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas



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