&gt; <i>&quot;Those of us with nothing to sell but our labour power&quot;</i><p>This is the weirdest thing about the dichotomy of Communism&#x27;s popular resurgence in tech circles. In literal terms, our &#x27;labour power&#x27; is fingers on a keyboard. Doesn&#x27;t the real value in our work come from our <i>ideas</i>? Technology is a lever for ideas, and that lever can be exploited by creativity in a way that few other areas of human endeavor can match.<p>So, if the value (benefit? effectiveness?) of our work is measured by our ability to be creative, how does one reconcile that with pure labour valuation, which is evocative of the standard-dollars-for-hours exchange?<p>I&#x27;d be interested to hear from any self-professed communists about this.