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Anti work seems to be very much like incels but for jobs. Extremely unhealthy and counterproductive approaches upvoted highly.
by readams 5y ago
Anti work seems to be very much like incels but for jobs. Extremely unhealthy and counterproductive approaches upvoted highly.
- Gravityloss 5y agoI wonder what's the dynamic that leads to this. Same with some localized cultural phenomena here that peddle "silver water" as cure for many illnesses. Or some news channels giving quite odd health advice...
- mikkelam 5y agoAnother take: Antiwork is a much needed uprising in america for low paid workers to finally stand together and stop dealing with an unfair system. Hopefully it trickles into the real world, before it is stopped
- vsareto 5y agoThey're plainly against any work at all right now. If they shift towards better working conditions and pay, then great.
- The-Bus 5y agoThose complaints have been raised for the last two decades and weren't heard.
- alecbz 5y agoThat subreddit's a mixed bag from what I remember. I think there's a core of "true" antiworkers that are genuinely against the idea of working (categorically? within capitalism?) in some deep philosophical sense, but I think most of the sub are people that are okay with the _idea_ of work but are very unhappy with current working conditions. I remember there being fights between them where the diehards would post stuff like "if you're a 'work reformist' this sub isn't for you" but the comments would be full of people telling them to stop gate keeping.
- droptablemain 5y agoThat's the general gist as I recall. A lot of people who aren't structurally opposed to work but are opposed to their relationship with production as workers.
- Gigachad 5y agoIf you take a look now, the sub is in a pretty poor state. It's full of almost certainly fake stories and what seem to be actual children. A lot of the demands / proposals posted are extremely counterproductive or not useful. And I assume the actual elite thrive on the fact that the general public don't actually know what they need and instead waste time calling for nonsensical change.
- imtringued 5y agoI honestly don't understand the ideological anti work nonsense. If you were properly compensated for your work with no one dipping into your income and taking their middle man cut, then hardly anyone would be against work. After all, the anti work people are a drag on people who want to work. UBI doesn't pay itself unless it is funded from taxes on resources where it merely democratizes resources than actually provide an income.
- onemoresoop 5y agoThere's a guy named Josh Fluke on YouTube who may qualify as antiwork to you. I find him very very reasonable and a bit dangerous for pulling off the wool over the young generation's eyes. I mean dangerous for the corporate and the myths corporations have built to lure and abuse workers.
- borvo 5y ago
- K7PJP 5y agoIt’s anti-work, not anti-money.
- tsol 5y agoI think the point is it's easy to be critical of work if you can make money without working. But for most people, doing menial work is a necessity in order to earn a living. If he has to deal with the consequences of not working I'd be inclined to take him more seriously, but fact of the matter is no one really wants to be homeless on principal
- matsemann 5y agoDon't be like this: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-should-improve-society-somewhat https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-should-improve-society-som...