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'''Basic labor''' (for lack of a better term) is the bare minimum amount of [[labor]] that a society would need to sustain everyone's basic needs. | '''Basic labor''' (for lack of a better term) is the bare minimum amount of [[labor]] that a society would need to sustain everyone's basic needs. | ||
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* Basic labor is '''not''' the work hours | * Basic labor is '''not''' the work hours an average person might need to afford ''the cost of living''. That's a different metric{{npn}} which tends to be higher than basic labor. | ||
* Basic labor '''is''' the labor it '''physically''' takes to produce enough [[food]], maintain enough [[housing]] & infrastructure, etc. | * Basic labor '''is''' the labor it '''physically''' takes to produce enough [[food]], maintain enough [[housing]] & infrastructure, etc. | ||
* Basic labor is a fair response to the old anti-welfare rhetoric "If no one worked, no one would produce food and we would all starve!"<br />It's worth '''quantifying''' how much work it actually takes to fulfill basic needs, such as [[food]]. | * Basic labor is a fair response to the old anti-welfare rhetoric "If no one worked, no one would produce food and we would all starve!"<br />It's worth '''quantifying''' how much work it actually takes to fulfill basic needs, such as [[food]]. | ||