Socially necessary labour is much different from surplus labour.
Necessity is the mother of invention, not profit motive. Profit motive = flooded with useless shit that breaks.
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I said innovation, silly pants. And, if one saw no personal gain from his invention, he wasted his time and wealth.
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Lots of really brilliant people work to invent things simply because they love creating.
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In the end it's usually the capitalists that exploit the inventors.
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Well, I have to go back to class. Here's a little something to help cure your idiocy and jealousypic.twitter.com/R7ADBb7ZsY
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I've already read it. I'm not jealous, I'm simply aware of how things work and I don't appreciate being ripped off.
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When you get to advanced economics, you'll become a socialist too

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I'm an Econ major and in Econ 300 classes

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oh you poor thing
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