The Fall of AntiWork, Or: The ‘Anti-’Problem

Antiwork had a really bad day

Source Article

“Laziness is a virtue in this society” - r/antiwork moderator

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220126-the-rise-of-the-anti-work-movement

“Supporters of the anti-work movement believe people should self-organise and labour only as much as needed, rather than working longer hours to create excess capital or goods.”

USA is a tough crowd for this kind of pitch. See: bad branding.

What does Antiwork stand for?

Many people tried to give Erik the answer… and many were different

-Worker’s rights / labor unions

-Economic inequality

-Surplus Value

-Same standard of living for fewer hours

-4-day week

-Abolishing capitalism

-etc

Antiwork freaks out

https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/se7b86/how_do_you_fuck_up_this_bad/

https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/se59eu/can_be_overworked_to_exhaustion_if_you_sleep_on/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/se4gfp/based_af/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/se418m/i_didnt_think_this_sub_was_literally_antiwork/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/se4nf9/mods_are_trash/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/se5cit/im_glad_the_21_year_old_mod_has_the_funds_to_be/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/se3v15/does_anyone_think_we_would_better_off_with_a/ 

An interesting conversation with my friend Austin

You have to stand for something if you want a movement… not just against

See: Civil Rights

See: Gay Marriage

See: Women’s Suffrage

Other problems:

1. Tea party rise-and-fall
2. Occupy Wall Street
3. BLM

This applies to our Revolutions episode, too -- being against something is only a short-term uniter.

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