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That rather implies a society of subsistence farmers is the "most valuable", which is the one thing everyone in every society runs away from as fast as possible
by pjc50 1y ago
That rather implies a society of subsistence farmers is the "most valuable", which is the one thing everyone in every society runs away from as fast as possible when technology prevents economic alternatives.
- dijit 1y agojust because people don’t wanna do it doesn’t mean it’s not important. It’s interesting that we would care about monetary value more than societal value- that kind of leans into my point don’t you think?
- HeyLaughingBoy 1y agoIME the people who care about societal value more than monetary value either already have plenty of the latter or aren't going to be the ones doing the work.
- johnnyanmac 1y agoCharity fails when the charitable can't even pay rent. Offer $40/hr to these "essential workers" and suddenly people will be charitable again.