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Your value is not determined by your productivity. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In a capitalist world, it can be hard to remember this. But despite what you are pressured to think, your value as a person does not come through what material value you create for others.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What would you say to someone with a chronic illness? What would you say if that person was you or your own kid?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If their illness is to a degree that they're completely disabled then that's an exception. Under those situations I think their community should provide what is needed for that person so that they're comfortable for whatever duration remains in their life.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Just to go a bit deeper, would you tell your own disabled child that they are a drain on society? Would you think highly of others who told them that? I'm willing to bet in those circumstances your views would change, so why not reconsider them now?

Laughter is a social good, even if it makes no money. Practicing compassion is a social good. Receiving compassion is a social good. Disabled people are capable of all of these and much more. You are free to believe as you wish, but as someone who has lived on both sides of this issue, I don't believe your views will sustain themselves under the scrutiny of experience, should that experience ever find you.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@MossBear i accept that your physical pain is real and difficult to cope with, but please don't make it worse through emotional distress and mental pain

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No worries in that regard, I've lived with my situation for a long time and my mind is at peace. I just think many people lack perspective on these things and if it were them or someone they cared about, they'd either maintain their attitudes and despair or realize their opinions were flimsy things that would crumble.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@MossBear sorry this is the conversation I have with my son and I was inconsiderate to reply without being aware of the context

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry, I misunderstood before. I didn't realize you were responding to the question I posed. I thought you were speaking to me directly. No worries! :D