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In reply to the discussion: I feel like the Democratic Party is shattered [View all]delisen
(7,202 posts)Worker is just one aspect of a person. Some people are not workers. Many more in the near future will not be workers.Conversely, many workers will be robots not people
Each of us as a person is entitled to life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness by virtue of personhood not by assignment in a labor market. We come together to form societies of whole people and economic systems are tools of societies.
The economic isms of the 19th century are in their death throes and they all need a stake through the heart.
Once we understand the is fundamental relationship and the primacy of society over economics, we can build a society that works for us as people , and move beyond seeing ourselves as mere cogs being plugged into an economic system for the benefit of a few bosses or corporate entities.