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Marx, Karl Grundrisse 1973 p.694 Book Marx on Machines, "Fragment on Machines" Marx, Political Economy, Marxism, Social Class, Capital, History, Historical Context
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by Marx, Karl (1973)

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The development of the means of labour into machinery is not an accidental moment of capital, but is rather the historical reshaping of the traditional, inherited means of labour into a form adequate to capital. (p.694)

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Marx, Political Economy, Marxism, Social Class, Capital, History, Historical Context

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Marx on Machines, "Fragment on Machines"

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Fowkes B

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