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I agree with you, that is the core of the movement.  The movement has grown with has gotten a lot of poeple who are more just wanting a fair social contract, meaning they want to be able to afford a real life with their work.

From r/antiwork FAQs:

[i]"Why do you want to end work?
Because the modern day workplace is one where you are expected to work despite your own individual needs or desires. Work puts the needs and desires of managers and corporations above and beyond workers, often to the point of abuse through being overworked and underpaid."[/i]

I 100% agree with this.  We need to end that type of work.  Telling people they should just not work for abusive employers is not really helpful, nor a real solution. There is not readily available work that is non-exploitative.  Corporations literally answer to shareholders (profits), and they arguably cannot just be "human" to workers without violating their fiduciary duty to shareholders. Late stage capitalism is terrible.  [/quote]

I agree with you. It's not anti-work meaning "I don't want to do any work whatsoever." I was largely oblivious to how terrible many of these workplaces are until I started reading people's first hand accounts (like the Amazon truck driver who was told they would be fired if they came back early despite the tornado sirens going off). And even if only half are true, it was still eye opening. I've been lucky and have had really good bosses throughout my career. But I see now how exploited workers are these days. In 2000, I earned $9 an hour as a hostess at a restaurant. Now 21 years later, there are people trying to raise families on that same salary. Seriously, WTF?![/quote]

I come from midwest, in 2003, some of my friends who work at sports bars can collect $400 in tips on a saturday night. This is where you can buy a nice house for 300k.
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