The English phrase 'made redundant' (when someone loses their job) literally means being declared surplus to requirements or worthless, reflecting how market inequality creates psychological injury by declaring unequal social worth, not merely unequal consumption ability.

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Speaker

Daniel Markovits

Evidence Quote

when you get fired you are made redundant right and to be redundant is not a dignified State it's to be Surplus to re to requirements or worthless [18:53]

Source

Meritocracy, economic turmoil, and the broken promises of the West | Daniel Markovits FULL INTERVIEWThe Institute of Art and Ideas
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:27:17 AM

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