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Your value is not determined by your productivity. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In a capitalist world, it can be hard to remember this. But despite what you are pressured to think, your value as a person does not come through what material value you create for others.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

biggest lie there is. Case in point: People don't need incentive to preserve their environment. Incentives actually corrupt our motives.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Preserving your environment would be contributing something, so I'm not really sure how your statement is meant to be interpreted.