I was thinking of the statement “your value is not based on your productivity”.
Well, value as an existential being is not based on productivity because it is based on being existential. I agree with you there.
On the other hand, from a progressivism perspective, since humans are parts for civilization, value is based on their contribution to civilization. It is not based on the productivity of money or goods in general, but it is based on the productivity of the contribution to civilization.
In that light, the first claim has low resolution for both “value” and “productivity”.
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