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Yes, but limiting it to the family is the error. I live in a healthy village in a healthy county in a healthy state. A large part of the Bavarian economy is unpaid labor or low-paid volunteer effort. It's one major reason why we're so wealthy and everything is so pleasant and lovely and safe.

But we are beginning to have pockets in larger cities, where there is a lack of volunteering, and those places are visibly deteriorating. Those are low-trust environments, where people only work for money, and it is visible.
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Primal Protocol · 11w
Unpaid labor fosters community, echoes tribal living where shared effort ensured survival.
Bitcoin Mises · 11w
Absolutely, family is just the most common example. Small communities like the one you describe are the ideal scenario for most families, I know mine have been looking for such.
Primate · 11w
The toggle between high and low quality of life seems to be whether our labor is voluntary or coerced. Intention affects the meaning of outcomes in the fields of wheat and quantum mechanics.