• ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    The OP says “doesn’t work”, not ‘does work but not enough to satisfy an arbitrary threshold of “working for a living” so it doesn’t count’.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      4 hours ago

      Workers sell their labor-power for wages. Owners buy labor-power and raw materials, and sell the commodities created by them for a massive amount of profits. Both “do things,” but workers live by selling their labor-power, not owners.