[lbo-talk] Labour and Labour Power

[Chuck Grimes]

Was the concept of Labour Power actually just well known, and Marx used it?

James Heartfield

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I got the impression that `power' as a direct adaptation from physics. That 
made labor power into a physical quantity that `drove' production and was 
magnified by machines to enhance `power'. With this general metaphor in 
mind, then man was the ultimate machine. Capital rented that power. Power 
becomes part of the whole system: horse power, steam power, labor power, 
etc. It helps add the dynamic element like a motive force.

CG