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Iconic negative images of accumulators abound in our culture; they are usually greedy, stingy, single men, from Ebenezer Scrooge to the Simpsons’ Mr. Burns. But when accumulation is done on behalf of one’s family, and includes hard work, disciplined consumption and some measure of charity — that is, it exemplifies the Protestant Ethic — it becomes a moral duty. Therefore, when class traitors critique the conditions under which wealth is accumulated and to try to interrupt its accumulation, they also challenge notions of good personhood, good parenthood, and good manhood.
Against Accumulation: Class Traitors Challenge Wealth and Worth
Rachel Sherman
The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.
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__The less our lives are exploited for the sake of profit—i.e., the more we devote our lives to the public goods of the welfare state or to non-profit projects supported by a UBI—the less wealth there is to finance the welfare state and the universal basic income.__ This practical contradiction in the redistribution of wealth is unavoidable under capitalism, since the measure of value is socially necessary labor time rather than socially available free time. The more we emancipate ourselves from the exploitation of living labor time, the less wealth we have to support our state of freedom.
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Martin Hägglund
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