Thread dedicated to the discussion of anti-work theory/praxis and sharing of further reading material. Shitposting obviously allowed and expected. Share your personal experiences if you want, just don't dox yourself by accident.
>>24004th book looks fun.
What's it about?
>>2412They are manga, you read them right-to-left.
First picture:
> These guys were able to live so well even though they were unemployed…< Please tell me that's not why you like dinosaurs…Second picture:
> What are you, Youko? A job-hunting student? I like the suit.< This was the only different thing I had.< Nope.< I'm a corporate slave!> You just wanted to say that, didn't you!? >>2425not him, but i have to pay bills, taxes and buy food
how you handle this without a job, oh wise master?
>>2430https://www.anarchistnews.org/content/memoirs-cowardly-anarchistsits ok anon, we all have our strengths and weaknesses. Especially weaknesses. Some more than others :^)
you're valid
>>2512"Works sucks, I know"
Standard radlib bitching about work but never imagining the possibility of doing anything to bring about it's end.
I don't go on reddit, but I have many "anti-work" lib friends and acquaintances.
>>2512A mix of increased awareness of work conditions in due to COVID changes, exponential nature of hype, and recuperation.
1) Work already sucked, but COVID has become a breaking point, and people forced away from work or fired have gained fresh perspective.
2) Attention brings more discussion and more attention. When something gets enough attention to get crossposted to other subreddits or communites, then it has more change to reach /r/all on reddit, then it has more chance to trend and gain more subscribers and lurkers, which increases the chances of other posts being seen. Attention is a feedback loop in an attention economy, like capital enabling more capital, and it will probably happen until the Next Big Thing.
3) Recuperation. For evidence, look at replies to overtly left-wing meta OPs. People saying 'I don't like American work' seems to be liberalizing the anarchistic anti-work phenomenon. It's becoming 'my work sucks' more than 'work as we know it today sucks', probably because 'work' is a nuanced word to the people who named the place, and to a normalfag 'anti-work' sounds like 'sit on my butt and free money', which they find unreasonable. So recuperation has enabled it to become more popular. Now it just needs to be forced back into its original purpose. Good fucking luck for that happening.
>>2817 (me)
>recuperationThat said, I looked there now and there was plenty of highly-rated posts explicitly denouncing capitalism and food-theft-snitching.
>>2851i'm not a "he"
slaves were used alnongside serfs. there were plenty of feudal monarchies where the king or a lord had a sizeable inventory of slaves
also making any kind of meaningful differerence between slavery and serfdom in the actual lives of the subjects is pretty dumb
>>2834>>2856how did they btfo me if i still don't want to work?
checkmate, tankies
>>2858You would want to work if they were your
managers vanguard. It's foretold by Marx's prophecy.
>>3228Sralin robbed banks.
He was a post-left illegalist.
>>3697what are you?
some sort of social anarchist scum?
>>3705>real illegalistsgatekeeping crime now are we?
not that anon but if I were in their situation I'd cooperate with them and split
>>3706>I'd cooperate with them and splitYou would be fired if you admit it to your boss and maybe he will even sue you.
If you don't show up the next day, you will be a fugitive.
>>3711>You would be fired if you admit it to your bosswhy would I do that?
like, you'd get punished for most illegals acts if you admitted to them
isnt that kinda a given?
>>3710sounds like an interesting job, but not everyone gets the chance to get the job they'd like and for some people following their passion is even at odds with monetising said passion to begin with, which is why it would be beneficial to everyone if said occupations were no longer tied to work as an institution. you would still be doing cyber security stuff, it just wouldnt be tied to your subsistence anymore.
>>3719So you would show you up at work the next day?
"Hey Anon, there was a burglary last night at the restaurant, someone has cut the video surveillance system, where the fuck where you? You're supposed the security guard."
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