The directing motive, the end and aim of capitalist production, is to extract the greatest possible amount of surplus value, and consequently to exploit labor-power to the greatest possible extent.


Vol. I, Ch. 13, pg. 363. - Das Kapital (Buch I) (1867)

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The directing motive, the end and aim of capitalist production, is to extract the greatest possible amount of surplus value, and consequently to...

The directing motive, the end and aim of capitalist production, is to extract the greatest possible amount of surplus value, and consequently to...

The directing motive, the end and aim of capitalist production, is to extract the greatest possible amount of surplus value, and consequently to...

The directing motive, the end and aim of capitalist production, is to extract the greatest possible amount of surplus value, and consequently to...