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Do you really think "anti-work" is the prevailing ideology in Western society? I'd argue the current popularity of "anti-work" sentiment is a backlash to the do
by ck425 3y ago
Do you really think "anti-work" is the prevailing ideology in Western society? I'd argue the current popularity of "anti-work" sentiment is a backlash to the dominant "work is everything" ideology we've had the last couple of decades.
- systemvoltage 3y agoToday's zeitgeist has taught youngsters to never reach their potential and be perpetually inward looking. The exponential rise of "mental health" industrial complex and "safe spaces" in last 7-10 years is mostly has religious undercurrents and less on anything objective. It makes people misrable and pessimistic. May be the idea is to get them hooked on goverment services? I don't know. I can't steelman it. I don't have any data to prove, but just speaking from the heart and what I see. There is definitely a need to address extreme issues and occurrences, but there is no way to separate wheat from the chaff and the entire movement has taken on weird self-fulfilling ideology. Worker rights movements today feel less like the worker rights movements pre-2010. The absolute pinnacle of this is r/anti-work. And lots of it on HN unfortunately. If you're here looking for optimism, there is none to be found. Cynicism everywhere.
- thebigwinning 3y agoYes. I know very few people who hold "work is everything" or even work more than 40 hours.