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Domestic industry (n.) on the putting-out system worsens the producers' lot without revolutionizing production — turning them into proletarians under worse conditions than those directly subsumed by capital.
Domestic industry (n.) on the putting-out system is where capitalist surplus-value begins: the merchant guarantees the weaver steady work and in return depresses his wage until part of his labour-time goes unpaid — usually after first binding him by debt.