Your value is not determined by your productivity.
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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The people who decide whether I eat or starve disagree wholeheartedly with you.
Capitalism doesn't set your value as a human being.
I'm not sure the phrase "value as a human being" even has meaning.
I'm sorry if you don't feel that human lives have inherent value.
Man, capitalism got me fucked up over this. Is value even the right word? Is value lost when someone dies? What about those who left some part of themselves behind vs those that don't? Does an artist lead a more valuable life than a ditch digger? Does a ceo lead a more valuable life than an artist? Are all lives equally valuable? Do we all truly have experience to share and beliefs to teach? Maybe. Society has never shown equal value to all, is it a worthy goal to value all life equally? Or is it silly to even make the attempt?
Lots of thoughts on this one that I'm not sure about.
How pithy. What is the unit of measurement for the value of a human? Whatever the unit is, every human is worth exactly 1.0 of them. It's just not a meaningful concept outside of capitalism. It's a confused way of talking and thinking about human relationships.