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Marx On Slavery In America

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Marx?s considered Slavery in America as the ultimate in free labor for landowner and a fundamental aspect of Capitalism. Slavery completely violated his breakdown of product worth by essentially removing labor cost (Marx, 1847, page 4). It also created a system where no social changes could take place without external forces. Under the developing capitalist concept, the landowners were attempting to maximize profit for product versus the Marxist view of obtaining production and sustainment cost. When a business owner can accurately set cost then they can set profits at whatever the market will tolerate versus the mark?s theory of divided profit over the production cost. The plantation owners of southern states would experience substantial
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