What are they calling "social capital?" It's heresy to say that social relations are valuable for their own sake, instead we have to give it a term that sugges

What are they calling "social capital?" It's heresy to say that social relations are valuable for their own sake, instead we have to give it a term that suggests monetary value and potential to enter some accountants balance sheet - "social capital". it's just not the case that all value can enter into monetary terms or be quantified or exploited, bought and sold - but the stupidity and ignorance of the age is we even have to suggest like ethics or holding values has some "value" in the sense of money for it to be "ok" in our dominant social norms that structure society - the corporation and workplaces under capitalism It's as if it's not ok to hold values that are not monetary or capital - that is the message of our social relations in workplaces and in the culture at current - what are called "capitalist social relations" It's heresy to say ... It's ok to have values that are not money. There are things we should value outside of some cost. it's gotten to this point. even "progressive" arguments for like "hey maybe kids playing together in community is ok" has to be quantified into some imagination "social capital"