2026-02-01_G Borio on commodity

“Commodity above all means separation from the living body of the proletariat that produces it. The distinctive thing about the commodity is its being produced to be sold, used, and possessed by someone else, in this case by capitalist cooperation. In the same way, the potential wealth of knowledge and science is not for those who produce and embody it but is destined for other ends.”

• Guido Borio, Italian Operaismo