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> the entire capitalist system is built upon uncompensated [domestic] labor Absolutely. This observation was/is the catalyst of many leftist movements, for exa
by pje 9y ago
> the entire capitalist system is built upon uncompensated [domestic] labor
Absolutely. This observation was/is the catalyst of many leftist movements, for example Wages For Housework:
> The Campaign was formed to raise awareness of how housework and childcare are the base of all industrial work and to stake the claim that these unavoidable tasks should be compensated as paid wage labor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wages_for_housework https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wages_for_housework
- lr4444lr 9y agoWho's supposed to pay these wages? To take a completely economic lens to it - not passing judgment - weren't these wages already priced in to a degree when middle class families were largely single-income by the male breadwinner, since those labor sectors largely excluded females, keeping worker supply low and allowing a higher prevailing wage?
- bagels 9y agoChildcare is avoidable if you avoid making children.
- snowwrestler 9y agoCool, then who's going to pay the bills when you're retired?
- Broken_Hippo 9y agoAlrighty. Celibacy for the nation? Greatly better sex eduction? Greater access to birth control? Free sterilization for those who desire it? What about the times these things fail? And so on. Most folks aren't cut out for celibacy, honestly. And every other option costs money. Besides, we actually need some folks to have kids, so we still have to deal with this sort of issue.