▲ 1814 ▼ How to move a sofa (sh.itjust.works) submitted 1 week ago by chicken@sh.itjust.works to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 350 comments fedilink hide all child comments Know a guy.
[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago (1 child) How do you think Kevin paid for the truck? With pizzas? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] divingdonkey@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 child) Sorry if it wasn't clear, but money != Capital, not necessarily. You can have money to exchange for goods, but as long as your money doesn't auto-accumulate via interest, dividends etc, you don't necessarily have capital. Of course this is mainly a discussion on definitions then permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago No, the truck is his capital. That's his means of production — presumably, not just of free pizzas in exchange for moving furniture, but even then, every dollar he saves by not having to pay for dinner could go towards paying off his car loan. On top of that he's saving on taxes because no money was ever exchanged for this transaction. Everything about this scenario is 100% capitalist. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] divingdonkey@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 child) Sorry if it wasn't clear, but money != Capital, not necessarily. You can have money to exchange for goods, but as long as your money doesn't auto-accumulate via interest, dividends etc, you don't necessarily have capital. Of course this is mainly a discussion on definitions then permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago No, the truck is his capital. That's his means of production — presumably, not just of free pizzas in exchange for moving furniture, but even then, every dollar he saves by not having to pay for dinner could go towards paying off his car loan. On top of that he's saving on taxes because no money was ever exchanged for this transaction. Everything about this scenario is 100% capitalist. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago No, the truck is his capital. That's his means of production — presumably, not just of free pizzas in exchange for moving furniture, but even then, every dollar he saves by not having to pay for dinner could go towards paying off his car loan. On top of that he's saving on taxes because no money was ever exchanged for this transaction. Everything about this scenario is 100% capitalist. permalink fedilink source parent
