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Written by tante on 2025-01-25 at 14:10

My big problem with this argument isn't that it's not true or that it's pragmatic. It is that we frame rights that every human being has as up for debate, as something that needs to work for business.

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Written by tante on 2025-01-25 at 14:15

You can apply that everywhere: "Healthcare is good cause your workers come back faster", "schools are good cause you get better skilled workers".

People are not their economic value. Why do we accept that framing?

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Written by Penumbra on 2025-01-25 at 16:57

@tante I assume that it depends on who it is you're addressing. The people, institutions etc. with the power to change policies are oriented towards outcomes/results not intentions/values because the latter are much more difficult to quantify.

Example:

"A four day work week is the right thing to implement because life is meant to be more than just labour!"

vs.

"A four day work week means people are more relaxed and concentrated, thus being able to get more work done in less time."

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