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by minimuffins 1989 days ago
Your body/capability to work is labor.

Property that you can use to produce value beyond itself through workers' labor is capital.

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Again, it is a fake distinction.

Suppose you had a robot. Would that robot be labor or capital? Assume the robot has the same capability for work as you.

At the end of the day it is a machine, so "capital". Likewise you own your body, it is your capital.

Great news! I can't wait to hire workers to start using my body to produce valuable commodities which I can then sell for a profit!