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		whitemary on May 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Instead of your Life's Purpose (2021) Before employment, there was only social roles. In other words, they should absolutely be conflated. It is absurd and foolhardy to attempt separating them.

anonymouskimmer on May 15, 2023 [–]

> we started determining our social roles by way of market whims

Plenty of social roles are still not determined by market whims. Such as friendship and family relations.

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