productive consumption, n.All

Productive consumption (n.) eats ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠products to make other products: ordinary consumption produces the consumer himself, this kind yields something distinct from him.

Productive consumption (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the economists' quarantine: they name it to keep consumption proper pure destruction, when all consumption produces, as a plant is made by consuming the elements.