diff --git a/crash_course_socialism.md b/crash_course_socialism.md index 609f697..4a078d3 100644 --- a/crash_course_socialism.md +++ b/crash_course_socialism.md @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ The [means of production](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Means_of_production) are Private property in the socialist context shouldn't be confused with [personal property](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_property#Personal_versus_private_property), such as your home, car, computer, and other possessions, which would be protected. Private property is in actuality another word for *absentee property*, whose ownership is claimed through title only (and not use), for the purpose of extracting rent from the *actual* users, occupants, or workers. -In a Capitalist society the means of production are owned and controlled privately, by those that can afford them (the Capitalist, aka those with Capital). Production is carried out to **benefit the capitalist** (production for profit). Workers are paid a wage, and **receive that amount regardless of how much value they produce**. +In a Capitalist society the means of production are owned and controlled privately, by those that can afford them (the Capitalist, aka those with Capital). Production is carried out to [benefit the capitalist](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/a0mwut/what_exactly_is_capitalism/eaj3b4a/) (production for profit). Workers are paid a wage, and [receive that amount regardless of how much value they produce](https://www.marxists.org/archive/harman/1979/marxism/ch04.html). Socialists call this difference the [surplus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surplus_value), profit, unpaid labor, exploitation, or **wage theft**. diff --git a/socialism_faq.md b/socialism_faq.md index f5176e5..1c005a6 100644 --- a/socialism_faq.md +++ b/socialism_faq.md @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ ## On Economics and Sociology -- [What is surplus value?](crash_course_socialism.md#surplus-value), [2](https://www.marxists.org/archive/harman/1979/marxism/ch04.html) +- [What is surplus value?](crash_course_socialism.md#surplus-value) - [Can someone ELI 5 the Labor Theory of Value?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2otlcz/can_someone_eli_5_the_labor_theory_of_value/) - [Is the Labor theory of value (LTV) scientifically correct? What about academic economists and the subjective theory of value (STV)?](https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateCommunism/comments/9xo7l7/questions_about_ltv_and_stv/e9ts0k1/) - [Is human labor the source of value because human beings do not normally work for free?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1hjpgk/is_human_labor_the_source_of_value_because_human/)