Are We in a Crisis of Social Reproduction?

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Dan ama: We are allocating a growing portion of our kind of human labor capacity to these kind of carrying and social reproductive functions. And yet, simultaneously are innar crisis of social reproduction, where it seems like our ability to collectively secure our survival is imperilled in ways that don't need spelling out right now. Dan ama: Our dependence on them has intensified over time, causing them to grow and grow and grow. Yet their ability to collect continue to collectively secure us has become degraded.

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