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The General law of capitalist accumulation (n.) says ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that the greater the social wealth, the greater the reserve army, the consolidated surplus population, and official pauperism.

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The General law of capitalist accumulation (n.) says ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only this, once the economists have mystified it into a law of nature: no fall in exploitation and no rise in the price of labour may go far enough to imperil the capital-relation.