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.
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.
Ableism.
Comments like this are why I have a hard time taking that concept seriously. It’s not that there’s no truth to the concept.
It’s that many of the people who bring it up want to ignore the large differences in the individual capabilities and that we should celebrate those with high capabilities. We should certainly help those with lesser capabilities, but not to an infinite degree.