• SabinStargem@lemmy.today
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    4 days ago

    IMO, people who don’t work, still contribute to society: raising family, being friends with people, creating art, and so on.

    Things that aren’t easily measured by the dollar bill, but key to a good civilization.

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      3 days ago

      And arguably more important to the prevalence of human civilization. Otherwise, places like South Korea wouldn’t be so worried about their shut-in youth population and declining birthrates while being currently at the top of the world’s tech industry.