Disability as a class issue under capitalism
By
Anarchist Communist Federation
Summary
This article argues that disabled people are inherently part of the working class under capitalism, not a separate group. It contends that capitalism systemically punishes disabled people by valuing people based on their profitability and usefulness to employers, rather than human need. The piece frames disability as a class issue, asserting that disabled people—whether employed, unemployed, injured workers, or carers—all live under the same capitalist rules of needing to find money to survive.
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Capitalism systemically punishes disabled people for existing.
It drives bosses and governments to see some people as 'useful', and others as disposable.
This is because capitalism runs on profit, not human need.
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