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If this labourer were in possession of his own means of production, and was satisfied to live as a labourer, he need not work beyond beyond the time necessary for the reproduction of his means of subsistence, say 8 hours a day.

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Karl Marx
Age: 64 †
Born: 1818
Born: May 5
Died: 1883
Died: March 14
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