The main reason anti-work exists,
is that work is wage slavery pretending
to be a hobby-like 'profession' that
isn't ordered top-down. People discover
this and begin to hate it, but they are
dependent on work to live: the pandemic
exposed how useless most jobs are for
the current generation and how the work
is mostly bureaucratic schedules and
regulations which treat humans like
replaceable robots(which is the ideal
worker in a modern world).
> Shortly after the publication of this story on 26 Jan 2022, the r/antiwork subbredit went private<p>This is the weird part. A mod went on fox news, the interview went sideways, and now the sub is locked.<p>Isn’t the point of going on the air to promote the sub? Why lock it down right when it has so much new attention?
Recent and related:<p><i>Anti-work subreddit goes private after rough Fox News interview</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30095366" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30095366</a> - Jan 2022 (117 comments)
The label "Antiwork" doesn't representation the movement doesn't it?<p>It's really about fair labour, I don't think most people want to not work. I think most people want to work in exchange for a livable resource, be it wages, work/life balance, recognition, etc. There are plenty of people who are willing to work hard to have a mundane life. A simple car, a apartment/suburban home, an annual vacation, affordable healthcare, education for their kids, nothing extravagant.<p>The issue is today's corp slave trade their employees and it's at a point where it's not sustainable anymore.<p>Hence, IMHO, it's less about antiwork, but more about fair labour.
More than anything, it is a breakdown of American values.
As the "purpose" of work is redefined, leaving a chasm to be filled<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29903457" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29903457</a><p><a href="https://trendguardian.medium.com/why-we-are-dispensable-7a577eba4f3e" rel="nofollow">https://trendguardian.medium.com/why-we-are-dispensable-7a57...</a>
The only reason mainstream media is talking about this is because the anti work "movement" is not radical and does not threaten capitalism in any way.<p>Instead of a discussion on the nature of capitalism and how worker exploitation is central to it, the subreddit talks about why employers ideas need to change.<p>Zero historical materialist analysis. If i was smarter I'd think this is another one of those 3 letter agency funded programs to control dissent.
I'm trying to catch up on some reddit drama. Apparently the mod of r/antiwork did an interview on Fox News that didn't go so well. I can only imagine Fox is spinning it as "young people are lazy"<p><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/sddx07/the_antiwork_sub_literally_just_imploded/" rel="nofollow">https://old.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/sddx07...</a>