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In the same way that if you help make cars you can't have the cars.



This is called "alienation from your labour"

It is normal for somebody who grows veggies to be able to eat one.

It is normal for somebody who makes coffee, to be able to make themself a coffee.

It is normal for somebody who makes cars to be able to make a car for themself.

Our society of capitalism where you make these things for someone else and aren't permitted to have any is abnormal.


Is it normal for an aerospace engineer to be able to launch himself into space? I think your stance is quite irrational / ignores the complexity of modern society.


Your definitions of normal and abnormal seem entirely arbitrary.




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