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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just opened the subreffit and the top pinned post is congratulating workers at Kellog for getting concessions from a strike.  Not all of them quitting.  Takes 2 seconds to look it up.[/quote]

But that would involve some empathy and critical thought and not just laughing at and dismissing it out of hand ala Marie Antoinette.  Far out of the realm of possibility for many of the boomer narcissists on here[/quote]

Here’s the subreddit, so people can check it out for themselves. https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/[/quote]

The first question under the faqs is “why do you want to end work!”

Spoiler alert: the answer isn’t “we don’t, we just want reforms!”

I am completely fine with it! I am pro UBI. But don’t lie about the goals of the movement! [/quote]

+1  this is a direct quote from their FAQ;

"We're not against effort, labor, or being productive. We're against jobs as they are structured under capitalism and the state: Against exploitative economic relations, against hierarchical social relations at the workplace."[/quote]

DP. And the answer to first question is: 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

Which is a rejection of work under current conditions, not work generally. It's much more reformist than PP is implying.[/quote]

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