Feb 10, 2021
Instead, labor in capitalism — whether waged or unwaged — should not be viewed as the virtuous and morally enriching source of all wealth, but rather as a key input into the reproduction of capitalist society and its attendant social misery and environmental destruction. ... If the reproduction of capitalist society is incumbent on the perpetuation of household production, capitalist production, and the state, then activities that are valorized by others as forms of “work” — whether waged or unwaged — are integral to this negative process.
Munro, Kirstin 2019. “Social Reproduction Theory,” Social Reproduction, and Household Production, Science & Society, Vol. 83, No. 4, October 2019, 454.