It is an enchanted, perverted, topsy-turvy world, in which Monsieur le Capital and Madame la Terre do their ghost-walking as social characters and at the same time directly as mere things. (Economic Manuscripts of 1861-4, vol. 5)
Capitalist production first develops the conditions of the labour process on a large scale … but developing them as powers which dominate the individual worker and are alien to him. Thus capital becomes a very mysterious being. (Capital. vol 3)
PS. Revision of chapter 5 of In the Vale of Tears now done, from which these quotes come, as well as revision of chapter 6 of Criticism of Theology complete. Three to go and a ten year project will be done. Wonder if I’ll celebrate.
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