Freedom from want and fear are technically quantifiable social possibilities

Evidence

For example, what is calculable is the minimum of labor with which, and the extent to which, the vital needs of all members of a society could be satisfied—provided the available resources were used for this end, without being restricted by other interests, and without impeding the accumulation of capital necessary for the development of the respective society. In other words; quantifiable is the available range of freedom from want. Or, calculable is the degree to which, under the same conditions, care could be provided for the ill, the infirm, and the aged—that is, quantifiable is the possible reduction of anxiety, the possible freedom from fear. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 814

Categorization

• XREF: Prefigures later welfare-state and universal-basic-services debates; the claim that these are calculable technical problems resonates with contemporary cost-benefit analysis of UBI. — connects to: Perceiving possibilities for freedom enables breaking with existing patterns. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 13

Broader Connections

• Perceiving possibilities for freedom enables breaking with existing patterns. #expands (0.72) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 13