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Merriam Webster definition of resource: 1a : a source of supply or support : an available means —usually used in plural 1b : a natural source of wealth or
by hirundo 6y ago
Merriam Webster definition of resource:
1a : a source of supply or support : an available means —usually used in plural
1b : a natural source of wealth or revenue —often used in plural
1c : a natural feature or phenomenon that enhances the quality of human life
1d : computable wealth —usually used in plural
1e : a source of information or expertise
2 : something to which one has recourse in difficulty : EXPEDIENT
3 : a possibility of relief or recovery
4 : a means of spending one's leisure time
5 : an ability to meet and handle a situation : RESOURCEFULNESS
I'd say humans are resources under definitions 1a, 1e and 2. Those things aren't particular to slaves.
- Lammy 6y agoYou must harvest more Software Engineers.
- t-writescode 6y agoWe take a lot of Vespian Gas
- stretchcat 6y agoIt may be a valid use of the word resource, but it's still dehumanizing to think of people as resources.
- hirundo 6y agoIt isn't dehumanizing to consider someone "a source of information or expertise". It's humanizing in that those are predominantly human things. And that's one of the primary senses of the word. It seems uncharitable to assume someone must mean some other sense.
- praptak 6y agoThe meaning of a word is much more than its definition in a dictionary. Context matters. Humans are animals, yet saying that someone is an animal might mean anything from praise (You're killing it, you animal!) to contempt (Stop behaving like an animal!).
- stretchcat 6y agoSuppose I call you an ape. It's literally true, isn't it? Yet you would naturally assume I meant it in a dehumanizing way.