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In its blind unrestrainable passion, its werewolf hunger for surplus-labour, capital oversteps not only the moral, but even the merely physical maximum bounds of the working day.
Marx and Werewolves (and Vampires) Kevin Maher 2009
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In its blind unrestrainable passion, its werewolf hunger for surplus-labour, capital oversteps not only the moral, but even the merely physical maximum bounds of the working day.
Archive 2009-09-01 Kevin Maher 2009
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But the two hours of surplus-labour he performs do not produce value anymore than his eight hours of necessary labour, although by means of the latter a part of the social product is transferred to him.
Limited, Inc. roger 2010
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In the second place however society does not pay for those two hours of surplus-labour, although they are spent by the individual who performs this labour.
Limited, Inc. roger 2010
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