Alright, I cannot explain the entire conception of Marx’s view of “use-value” and “exchange-value”, but I can do it enough to illustrate the difference between labour under capitalism and socialism and... 1/? https://twitter.com/mal_praxis/status/1285703682173145089

...why it is nonsensical to ask “under socialism, can people choose not to work” and “if so what is to be done with them”.
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UV is the physical property of a commodity wherein it fulfills a human need or desire. For instance, a cup is to drink from. A shoe it to be worn on the a foot. 3/?

EV is the supposed property of what a commodity can be exchanged for. Marx explains that to make commodities roughly comparable in this way, we would need to have a third entity in which all things are universally measured, namely monies. 4/?

For the purpose of simplicity assume that labour itself is a commodity. 5/?

Under capitalism, We exchange our labour for a wage and the capitalists reaps the “unpaid labour” in the form of profits. Therefore, our labour is only as valuable as it is profitable for a capitalist to exchange a wage for. 6/?

Unemployment is the surplus/reserve labour that is generated by this relationship.

A situation that is further aggravated by the advancement of production through technology. As production advances labour is less and less “profitable”. 7/?

Labour under socialism is completely different as the focus is maximizing its use which is determined by our collective needs and desires. 8/?

Labour is centered under socialism as it is the cornerstone inwhich all human creation is generated, meaning all labour is to benefit all of us collectively, which includes generating the accessibility for everyone to engage in production. All labour is valuable 9/?

Also under socialism, the advancement of production and the generation of surplus labour is completely different as we only work toward our needs and desire, free from parasitism. 10/?

Meaning, if we do not have to work, we simply reap the benefits of production. 11/?

How do we know we can generate such a surplus to be collectively enjoyed? Because we already do. it is just stolen from us through profits by the capitalist class. 12/?

The reason we would conceptually “choose” not to work is because we are framing our understanding of labour under capitalism, wherein our toil is endlessn and senseless...13/?

... and we do not experience the benefits of our labour directly or collectively.

Literally, we just work to survive on a measly wage, and pray that we will one day be able to retire. Of course we hate work under these conditions. But that isn’t how socialism works. 14/?

Under socialism we would decide and labour for ourselves directly, and once we have maximized use in that particular project, we either collectively move into another project or rest and reach the benefits of that labour, meaning we would WANT TO WORK! 15/?

“Each according to their ability, each according to their need” 16/?