in line
The first peculiarity which strikes us when we reflect on the equivalent form is this, that use-value becomes the form of the appearance of its opposite, value.
It is supposed to be warm today. We have been out of town due to the great building repair (which should perhaps be put in capital letters, as that precious sort of capitalization can be heard when we talk about it), so the apartment hasn’t really been prepped for summer – no air conditioners, no curtains in the sunnier windows. This morning, then, was spent in putting up those curtains, which strain the sunlight a jarring yellow, and watching the temperature outside to choose the precise moment when it would be most inconvenient to close the windows. We always seem to miss the moment when closing the windows and curtains would actually keep things cool, but what would be the value in that?