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[โ€“] Aidinthel@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is the definition of "work". There's lots of things a person can do that both require a lot of effort and produce real benefit to society that are difficult or impossible to make money from, and therefore they aren't "work". Raising children being the most obvious example.

[โ€“] elouboub@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Indeed, work is defined by most people as "employment", but there's a lot of different work out there that is beneficial to the person and society as a whole, that isn't remunerated.