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>> Value, as I see it, represents a tool -- a method of
>> abstraction -- for cutting through the fetishized fog, to
>> reveal the societal nature of capitalism as a whole. (It's
>> a tool of _sociological_ analysis.)
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I would never, ever, every write "societal," I even bristle at "utilize."
I didn't write that, though I might have quoted it.
Joanna