@45 Aardvark

The “commodification” of sex is also known as the world’s oldest profession. That may not suit Marx’s point, or yours, but there it is. I’m admittedly boxing over my weight here, but it strikes me as ridiculous to conflate employment with fascism and eugenics. Possibly Marx “commodified” everything because that’s what suited his theoretical framework. But however elegant his thinking, (and I’ll have to take your word for it) it was fatally divorced from reality, as evidenced by the results whenever and wherever his ideas were put into practice. (btw Che’s statement about work is just as pointless as Marx’s dismissal of religion, and so much the worse for lacking Marx’s skill as a writer.)

Thanks wretchard and all for a thoughtful thread with a little bit of everything – heartache, happiness, cynicism, humor, hope. Sex is a force of nature, and love is a great mystery.