commodity fetish in the shrinking world Flashcards

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definition of commodities

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  • commodities are social relations, other relationship to commodities are based off our relationship with other people
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Marxs definition of what makes us Human

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at makes us human he believes it is our capacity to labour- our ability to shape and transfer the world go to work produce stuff

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what has globastion and captilsim done

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work produce stuff
Believe to be alienated of the products of our labour

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what is catisim in shaping the world

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  • capitalism is not just for trading goods or an economic system but shapes humanity capitalism is cultural
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captilsim and priviate ownership

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Capitalism (and wealth) is based on the private ownership of property (land or objects) and the private ‘means of production,’
this leads to distinct alienation between workers and factory owners

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what is the commodity fetish

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Capitalism (and wealth) is based on the private ownership of property (land or objects) and the private ‘means of production,’

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flaws within the commodity fetish

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did this diffraction not already exist prior to the opening of shopping malls

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relationship between labourers and commoditys

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labourers also work, are paid in wages, which they use to buy commodities. Labour is itself a commodity which is bought and sold. Labourers use their own ability to work as a commodity

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what do comodites hide

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the amount of work that goes in to them

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what is the magic of captsilsim

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there are no connections between the people who made the products and who busy them blinds people to the amount of labour that goes in to them

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what is an example of a commodity fetish and how much co2 production

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  • Fast fashion industry contributes nearly one quarter of global CO2 emissions.
  • Fast fashion is an example of the comodity fetish
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