Freedom, Exertion, Intention

As has been previously discussed, Exertion is independent of its object, i. e. of what one is trying to do. In other words, just as in driving a vehicle, acceleration and steering are independent though coordinated mechanisms, physiological motion and the direction of motion are distinct though coordinated factors in behavior. Correspondingly, any 'freedom' to exert oneself is inherently independent of any 'freedom' to choose a course of behavior, i. e. to formulate an 'Intention', as Kant belatedly stumbles upon when he discovers that the Elective Will is not reducible to the Legislative Will. Now, as a theory, Capitalism is especially afflicted by a conflation of the two--it does not recognize that 'freedom' of Exertion is not inconsistent with an Intention being the product of external conditioning, though, in practice, the profitability that it advocates often depends on, if not promotes, the latter unfreedom.