Capital and Labour as Productive and Unproductive

Nothing can result at the end of a process that did not occur at its beginning as a prerequisite and condition. On the other hand, however, the result must contain all the elements of the process. Therefore if capital appears to have disappeared as a form of relationship at the end of the production process that was begun with capital as a prerequisite, this can only happen because we have overlooked the invisible threads that are drawn through this process by capital. So let us consider this aspect of the matter.