Eric Beck:
> A distinction w/out a difference, no? Don't see how you can sustain this
> without recourse to a Hegelian distinction between ideal (work) and real
> (labor).
Essence never exists independent of manifestation.
It's precisely the mistake classical Marxists, or adherents of something called "Marxist political economy" make when they assume there is a pre-monetary substance called "value" obscured by money and price. There isn't. Value is a social relationship that can *only be expressed through money and price*.