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Antiwork

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  1. We're trying to improving working conditions and pay.

  2. We're trying to reduce the numbers of hours a person has to work.

  3. We talk about the end of paid work being mandatory for survival.

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[–] mojo_raisin@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Anti-work is anti-exploitation.

It's not about people wanting to be lazy yet still have all the niceties, it's about not being coerced into a lifetime of labor to enrich the ones coercing you. A person's labor should enrich themselves and those they choose.

[–] Enfors@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Anti-work is anti-exploitation.

Well, then why not call it anti-exploitation? That would clear up a whole lot of things.

[–] mojo_raisin@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think that would cause a different confusion. I don't know that this is a concept that can be expressed in a single existing word. Sometimes concepts take time before the right word arises. No sense blaming people for using the language available to them to express a novel idea.

[–] julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

It is tricky to make something both snappy and accurate. I think anti-JOB might have worked better, but it sounds like a sex strike, so don't put me in charge of marketing.