surplus product, n.Definitions

The Surplus product (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a subjective condition — producers must work longer than they need to reproduce themselves — and an objective one: nature must let them.

The Surplus product (n.) costs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the capitalist class nothing: it pays for its consumption with money that always flows back to it, like a man who buys goods for £1 and is handed his £1 back.

The Surplus product (n.) looks, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in a young colony, like the bounty of rich soil, but is really the mark of one-sided labour: everything it does not grow, the world market hands it ready-made.