Value is not commensurate with the 'sweat' expended.
Karl Marx's *Das Kapital* is rooted in the labor theory of value, which posits that 'the value of a commodity is determined by the labor time invested.' However, this is an economically thoroughly discredited premise.
1. The Subjectivity of Value (Subjective Value Theory)
The price of a dented bowl, painstakingly crafted over ten hours in a muddy ditch, is not equivalent to a jeweled egg fashioned by Carl Fabergé in a mere hour. The value of a commodity is not determined by the suffering of labor, but rather subjectively by how much market consumers need that commodity (i.e., its scarcity).