"net transfers of power" and "the disvalue of nuisance"
"The establishment-orientated ecological movement so far has further strengthened this trend: it has concentrated attention on faulty industrial technology, and, at best, on exploitation of industrial production by private owners. It has questioned the depletion of natural resources, the inconvenience of pollution, and net transfers of power. But even when price tags are attached to reflect the environmental impact, the disvalue of nuisance, or the cost of polarization, we still do not see clearly that the division of labour, the multiplication of commodities and dependence on them have forcibly substituted standardized packages for almost everything people formerly did or made on their own. " (Ivan Illich, The Right to Useful Unemployment)
What do the emphasized phrases mean in this context?
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alibey1917 net transfers of power That looks like Marxist duckspeak. Workers surrender power for wages, or something like that. alibey1917 the disvalue of nuisance, I had to look up "disvalue" to be sure it was a word.
- alibey1917 net transfers of power That looks like Marxist duckspeak.
- Workers surrender power for wages, or something like that.
- alibey1917 the disvalue of nuisance, I had to look up "disvalue" to be sure it was a word.
- It's negative value.
- The writer didn't want to repeat "inconvenience of pollution" from the previous sentence, so he put "disvalue of nuisance", that's all.
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alibey1917net transfers of power
That looks like Marxist duckspeak. Workers surrender power for wages, or something like that.
alibey1917 the disvalue of nuisance,
I had to look up "disvalue" to be sure it was a word. It's negative value. The writer didn't want to repeat "inconvenience of pollution" from the previo
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