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It's the dunk tank.
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does this just completely contradict the point the character (and author) are trying to make or am i too stoned to read?
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It's a kitchen illustration. It completely demolishes Marx in just a couple paragraphs. What more do you ask for!?
Heinlein goes on to define Value a bit more to make his point, but I can't be assed to go find the quote again. But his point here is that effort is worthless and only the result of the effort matters. But it's such a joke of a point that I'd have assumed it was satire, if not for the fact that nothing else about the book is satire.
Its an intentional/unintentional misreading of the idea of "labor adding value". Literally ascribing to Marx/communists the idea that applying any amount of labor to a production task can fundamentally change the output.
Heinlein's character is basically saying that Marx believes:
"Garbage in" results in "Not garbage out" if enough labor is applied.
Which is complete nonsense.