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There needs to be a term similar to "embedded emissions"[0] (embedded labour?) to capture this concept. Anyone who contributes with something deemed worthwhile
by _Algernon_ 3y ago
There needs to be a term similar to "embedded emissions"[0] (embedded labour?) to capture this concept. Anyone who contributes with something deemed worthwhile to society by these types can only do so because they have a lot of embodied "un-worthwhile" work done for them by other people. Whether that is the farmer producing the food your eat, the truck driver delivering your amazon packages, the engineers maintaining the infrastructure you rely on, the person picking up your garbage, and so on.
Nobody produces independently of others in a modern society, and any libertarian type that pretends otherwise needs a reality check.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_emissions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_emissions