In possessing use value a commodity is in no way peculiar. Objects of human consumption in every age and in every form of society likewise possess us… - Paul Sweezy

It seems obvious that in this way the economist avoids a systematic exploration of those social relations which are so universally regarded as having a relevance to economic problems that they are deeply imbedded in the everyday speech of the business world. And it is even more obvious that the basic point of view which modern economics has adopted unfits it for the larger task of throwing light on the role of the economic element in the complex totality of relations between man and man which make up what we call society.

In possessing exchange value relative to one another, commodities show their unique characteristic. It is only as commodities, in a society where exchange is a regular method of realizing the purpose of social production, that products have exchange value.

Society is more than a number of individuals. It is a number of individuals among whom certain definite and more or less stable relations exist.