You know how we have mortgages based on the value of buildings (mostly homes) and they're a tradeable securitized asset that underpins much of the US financial system? That everyone counts on to passively appreciate over time?
The next question to ask is, are the people performing that labor being fairly compensated for it? Does the capitalist system acknowledge its debt to the unpaid work of raising good, sane, pro-social people?
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If you look at e.g. maternity and paternity leave policies, the answer is often “no”. Hence the system has a blind spot. Some would even call it a willful blindness, an exploitative one. If the system makes it harder to raise people, is it sustainable?
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> Does the capitalist system acknowledge its debt to Of course not. Capitalism is an economic system and should be practiced as such, not a spiritual system responsible for the totality of its members' lives. Mistaking it for a religion led us to this expectation.
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But who is doing the mistaking? Can I make the bill collector go away by telling him I chose to value raising children over earning money?
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