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The key here is that Marx is saying
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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

The key here is that Marx is saying, if capitalists have the availability of both slave...

The key here is that Marx is saying, if capitalists have the availability of both slave labor and free labor, free labor can always be undermined, and, in fact, it was

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The key here is that Marx is saying,
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if capitalists have the availability
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of both slave labor and free labor,
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free labor can always be undermined,
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and, in fact, it was.
Duration
17 seconds
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22
Timestamp in Movie
02:34:15
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
Because Northerners already were catching up - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:22
Because Northerners already were catching up
So Marx is writing, saying, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
So Marx is writing, saying,
But, secondly, and this is the deeper argument, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
But, secondly, and this is the deeper argument,
There is a very, very, virulent critique - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
There is a very, very, virulent critique
We know because people like Eric Foner have written about - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
We know because people like Eric Foner have written about
He's this well-known first American sociologist. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
He's this well-known first American sociologist.
He believes that slave society - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
He believes that slave society
Throughout human history, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
Throughout human history,
Throughout time this has been the case. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Throughout time this has been the case.
Why all of a sudden - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
Why all of a sudden
This is the lie that modern society has. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
This is the lie that modern society has.
It's not that there's this class conflict, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
It's not that there's this class conflict,
The problem is that what you want isn't possible. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
The problem is that what you want isn't possible.
The idea of a free society is a failure. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
The idea of a free society is a failure.
He writes this book called Slaves Without Masters, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
He writes this book called Slaves Without Masters,
Slaves Without Masters is the idea - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Slaves Without Masters is the idea
He says, "Look what happens when slaves have no masters. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
He says, "Look what happens when slaves have no...
"We in Southern society have figured out the remedy - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
"We in Southern society have figured out the remedy
John C. Calhoun, also a Southern ideologue, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
John C. Calhoun, also a Southern ideologue,
The problem of capital and labor in America - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
The problem of capital and labor in America