title, im paid by the hour so im wondering if its calculable the amount of time id need to be clocked in n not work to match the surplus value extracted from me
or am i stupid n misunderstanding surplus value
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There's theoretically some numeric break-even point where your rate of exploitation would be 0, although like others commented it's difficult if not impossible to calculate.
You can reduce the quantitative expression of your exploitation (assuming they don't catch on and fire you) but it's not going to fix the fact that you live in a world structured by capitalism. You'll still be a proletarian, still pressed into the wage relation, still forced to use that wage to pay for means of subsistence, and the capitalists will still own the means of production which the proletariat are alienated from. Also even if you as an individual achieve this, it can't be the case generally (unless capitalism stops functioning)