mandana on Nostr: I don't see mutual exchange happening much in the form of capitalism I participate ...
I don't see mutual exchange happening much in the form of capitalism I participate in. It's not a value4value experience. I often feel forced to pay for something that is worth less than I am paying.
But I do perform many of the duties of what is deemed "unskilled" labor myself for my household. And that work is extremely more difficult and took me years to learn (for example, cooking, sewing, or gardening) than what I get paid to do at my day job. Which is essentially writing emails. But capitalism says I'm more valuable writing emails than making high quality meals to feed people? Or raising a child. Or building something with my hands.
No government nor business benefits from paying the true price for this kind of work. "Society" will never get the choice under capitalism. This is the work that makes the world run. The pandemic proved this when all the "unskilled" labor force were suddenly our essential workers. And everyone else was told to just sit tight at home.
But I do perform many of the duties of what is deemed "unskilled" labor myself for my household. And that work is extremely more difficult and took me years to learn (for example, cooking, sewing, or gardening) than what I get paid to do at my day job. Which is essentially writing emails. But capitalism says I'm more valuable writing emails than making high quality meals to feed people? Or raising a child. Or building something with my hands.
No government nor business benefits from paying the true price for this kind of work. "Society" will never get the choice under capitalism. This is the work that makes the world run. The pandemic proved this when all the "unskilled" labor force were suddenly our essential workers. And everyone else was told to just sit tight at home.