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Your value is not determined by your productivity. (lemmy.ml)
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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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[-] eskimofry@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 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.

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