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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 cost of living'' | * Basic labor is '''not''' the work hours needed 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]]. | ||
* Basic labor is not a matter of simply labeling job professions as "essential" or "non-essential". For example, carpenters are "essential" in the sense that without carpentry, no one would have a home. But basic labor would include only the ''minimum'' amount of carpentry work it takes to build enough homes for everyone and maintain them at some basic livable standard. Basic labor wouldn't include the more cosmetic renovations done by richer people or businesses. | * Basic labor is not a matter of simply labeling job professions as "essential" or "non-essential". For example, carpenters are "essential" in the sense that without carpentry, no one would have a home. But basic labor would include only the ''minimum'' amount of carpentry work it takes to build enough homes for everyone and maintain them at some basic livable standard. Basic labor wouldn't include the more cosmetic renovations typically done by richer people or businesses. | ||
* There is no need to have one universal definition of "basic needs". There can be multiple estimates of basic labor, each specifying clearly what is counted and what is not. | * There is no need to have one universal definition of "basic needs". There can be multiple estimates of basic labor, each specifying clearly what is counted and what is not. | ||
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