Antiwork
Date Created: June 21, 2023
This community supports labor, with an aspiration for it to cease to be required to live our lives. Members of this community want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on anti-work ideas and/or want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.
Anti-Work Library 📚
Essential Reads
Start here! Some of the more talked-about essays on the topic.
- The Abolition of Work by Bob Black (1985) | listen
- On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (2013) | listen
- In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell (1932) | listen
c/Antiwork Rules
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1. Server Main Rules
The main rules of the server will be enforced stringently. https://lemmy.world/
2. No spam or reposts + limit off topic comments
Spamming posts will be removed. Reposts will be removed with the exception of a repost becoming the main hub for discussion on that topic.
Off topic comments that do not pertain to the post at hand may be removed if it is deemed they contribute nothing and/or foster hostility at users. This mostly applies to political and religious debate, but can be applied to other things at the mod’s discretion.
3. Post must have Antiwork/ Work Reform explicitly involved
Post must have Antiwork/Work Reform explicitly involved in some capacity. This can be talking about antiwork, work reform, laws, and ext.
4. Educate don’t attack
No mocking, demeaning, flamebaiting, purposeful antagonizing, trolling, hateful language, false accusation or allegation, or backseat moderating is allowed. Don’t resort to ad hominem attacks against another user or insult other people, examples of violations would be going after the person rather than the stance they take.
If we feel the comment is uncalled for we will remove it. Stay civil and there won’t be problems.
5. No Advertising
Under no circumstance are you allowed to promote or advertise any product or service
6. No factually misleading information
Content that makes claims or implications that can be proven false or misleading will be removed.
7. Headlines
If the title of the post isn’t an original title of the article then the first thing in the body of the post should be an original title written in this format “Original title: {title here}”.
8. Staff Discretion
Staff can take disciplinary action on offenses not listed in the rules when a community member's actions or general conduct creates a negative experience for another player and/or the community.
It is impossible to list every example or variation of the rules. It is also impossible to word everything perfectly. Players are expected to understand the intent of the rules and not attempt to "toe the line" or use loopholes to get around the intent of the rule.
9. No posting links to Twitter/X or Meta owned properties
Social Media products such as Twitter/X and Meta Properties (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Threads) are known low quality information sources - they actively spread misinformation without sufficient moderation, hate speech. These platforms each have billionaire owners working actively to eliminate labor protections through direct action, lobbying, performative large scale layoffs and attacks on institutions that enforce labor law.
You are not encouraged to do so, but you may post screenshots from these sites IF THE INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE ON ANOTHER VALID PLATFORM. Screenshots must include info to support a relevant conversation within this community and must show a VISIBLE time/date stamp for posterity. If you are caught manipulating content of a screenshot, your post will be removed and you will receive an indefinite ban from this community at the discretion of the moderator(s)
No pass through/archive services are allowed as they potentially feed traffic back to these services, directly or indirectly (e.g. Services like Xcancel or Nitter)
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The community needs the moderator(s) to not go on interviews with media, like what happened with the reddit community.
In summary, the mod went on Fox News to explain the movement and they didn't clear this with the rest of the mods, nor did anyone think they were a good representative of the community.
https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/scsqtd/were_being_talked_about_on_fox_news/
I do remember that moment, that was quite a thing to see unfold in real time.
FWIW, I personally don't see a reason that there would ever be such an urgency to participate in fox news' low information at best, misinformation at worst, entertainment programming (glancing past the type of person who's entertained by that). There's just no angle you could consider where the producers arranging that interaction had anything but the worst intentions, and for a person with any humility, you would also have to know that as ignorant and unprepared as many of these people seem on the surface, it's often an "every man" people's populist act to try to get folks in red states on welfare to accept you and aspire to not be ashamed to live loud and proud as the temporarily embarrassed millionaires they always knew they were in their quiet moments. Sure, they can be humiliated and exposed by competent peers, but these are uniformly media trained, prep school and ivy league educated hate machines.
IMO, the majority of folks would have fallen in that moment, but what actually happened there was especially hard to witness. And fox was obviously the most egregious example, but I'd think about the same of any media request coming in from about any news network today. Outside of any type of previously discussed, organized and clearly shared goal that required media exposure for some reason, I don't see why you'd want to engage with one of these organizations, especially on a taped video interview. If the community did want a statement made, at best I'd see it being something written and run by folks in the community, with a clearly stated deadline for feedback to consider.
Thank you. It's not unique to Fox News and the like of course, so we need to stay on our toes. It only takes one mod with a slightly bigger ego than sense to get lured into this trap.
Perhaps it would be cool to share resources about what to do when it's shown in the media or when talking to the media? I don't think the latter will happen for a while, but at least it would help us build resources to combat the misconceptions and show people what antiwork actually means.
As you say, likely a long time until the next moment like that, if ever - that was an unprecedented rise in popularity during the "great resignation" news cycle. An even longer shot on attention with Lemmy, but agree generally - we are stronger together and should share. Clarity in strong messaging we believe in and consistency in the delivery, especially when facing adversity, is the equation in my experience.