#+title: workers only have their labor-power to sell
- tags :: [[file:20200716124833-labor.org][labor]] [[file:20200716135348-labor_power.org][labor-power]] [[file:20210130181427-workers.org][workers]] [[file:20200716135419-proletariat.org][proletariat]]
- source :: [[file:literature/20200611201816-capital.org][Capital Vol. 1]]

A defining feature of workers is the fact that all they have to sell is their
labor-power, i.e. their ability to work. They are free laborers and may sell
their capacity to work to whomever will have them.