My brother is very disabled (diabetic and neuropathy to the point where he can’t even hold a plate of food). The sentiment of someone like that being completely unable to contribute any kind of labor is sadly all over the place. Some, sadly, think of labor as “meaningful work” in the sense of tilling fields etc., but disabled people can very much aid in the society in terms of art, writing, or just being a joy and inspiration to those around them.
Absolutely!! From each according to their means, to each according to their needs. That’s goes for food just as much as it does for art and conversation. Capitalism has totally ruined words like “labor” and “productive” and others. Anything someone brings to the table is “valuable” not in the capitalist, money sense, but in the bettering of their lives and the lives of others sense.
it’s a baffling thing because Marx came up with a really easy to understand slogan that summarizes what we should strive towards: “From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs”.
My brother is very disabled (diabetic and neuropathy to the point where he can’t even hold a plate of food). The sentiment of someone like that being completely unable to contribute any kind of labor is sadly all over the place. Some, sadly, think of labor as “meaningful work” in the sense of tilling fields etc., but disabled people can very much aid in the society in terms of art, writing, or just being a joy and inspiration to those around them.
Even if someone can’t “provide labour”, so what? You don’t need to be “useful” to have inherent worth
1,000% this.
Absolutely!! From each according to their means, to each according to their needs. That’s goes for food just as much as it does for art and conversation. Capitalism has totally ruined words like “labor” and “productive” and others. Anything someone brings to the table is “valuable” not in the capitalist, money sense, but in the bettering of their lives and the lives of others sense.
it’s a baffling thing because Marx came up with a really easy to understand slogan that summarizes what we should strive towards: “From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs”.