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62: Nietzsche Contra Capitalism

The Nietzsche Podcast

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The Valuation of Labor

Nicha doesn't see anyone as morally responsible for whatever good or ill they do in society all of our actions are fated and flow out of who and what we are. The laborer is not responsible for how industrious or lazy or how conscientious or inattentive he is these are aspects of his own nature which he did not choose right he didn't choose his nature. So the meritocracy doesn't actually select for merit in the moral sense um it's still laudable or admirable because somebody you know contributed more but they didn't really have a choice as to how productive they are. It might still make sense to select for people of greater merit but just as means of a

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