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-=== Marxist commodity ===
-Commodities have a special meaning within [[Marxism]], as the embodyment of an exchange value in a use value.  Within the Marxist description of [[capitalism]] commodities only exist to expand the amount of exchange value in the possession of the [[bourgeoisie]].  Exchange values, determined by the amount of work an average worker using average tools would require to produce such a good, directly express human labour and [[proletariat|proletarian]] servitude.  As such, Marxists see commodities as a central element of the exploitation of labour within capitalism.
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 <small>Adapted from [[Wikipedia]] article [[w:Commodity]] under the clauses of [[GFDL]]</small>