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A sack of coffee has as its immediate purpose its use, that is, turn into hot liquid in a cup. Yet 21 million sacks of coffee cannot be used by its possessor, but to be exchanged, sold on a large scale, so that its ideal form is the money-form,which represents the product.These two different moments of the coffee present the general logic of how the modern system of commodity production functions –duplication of things, processes and people in their concrete and abstract sides. The abstract side, however, prevails and overlaps the concrete side, its use. It is much more important to sell …