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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have read this entire thread and am still confused.

Are these people against work in general or against abusive employers?  "Antiwork" as a title is as bad as "defund the police" in terms of ambiguity.

If they're against work in general, then I am fine with that, as long as they don't then turn around and expect me (and others who work for a living) to financially support them.  Most people work out of necessity, but some are financially independent and can do what they want.

If they're against abusive employers, then I think that they should quit and find other jobs.  There is no shortage of "help wanted" signs around me and, I suspect, in most areas of the US.  I have quit an abusive job (I was assigned to a new boss who expected me to do things that I was never expected to do when I was hired, such as being available for work during vacation times) for another job, and would encourage others to do the same.  In this case, the group should be called "anti-abusive workplaces" or something more specific.

If they actually want working people to subsidize their choice to not work, then they can go screw themselves.  I'm not doing that, and I can't imagine that they'll get many supporters of their cause.

Confusing thread.
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I'm with you. I don't fully understand the movement, or the thread.

I mean, isn't work part of a social contract that we all have? We do things that need to be done, and we get paid for that. Of course no one should stick with an abusive boss. But I'm not sure what is abusive and what is people being told they have to follow certain policies, or earn x dollars instead of y dollars. 
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I think the confusing part is that, as in this thread, there are some people advocating for unions, better pay, better working conditions, etc. [b]and then there are also a bunch of childish idiots who just don’t want to work[/b]. When the latter take up the “antiwork” mantle and speak on behalf of the former, it’s problematic.[/quote]

I have seen no one like that speaking for the movement, just people on this thread who have no idea what antiwork is insisting that they exist, that they are lazy entitled millennials, and that they represent the movement [that the speaker doesn't understand].  So now we're talking about what bad guys these imaginary mooches are and appropriate branding instead of workers' rights, just as the sealions intended.[/quote]

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