Why We Work
“When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music,” -Khalil Gibran
The disastrous Fox News “interview” with Doreen Ford (of the r/AntiWork subreddit) is one of the most frustrating clips ever put to screen. This wasn’t Doreen’s fault: she was failed by those from whom her rhetoric had been derived. There are plenty of unthinking socialists in the world, and having the right opinion doesn’t mean one has thought through a topic rightly.
According to them, r/AntiWork is: “A subreddit for those who 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 want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.” In essence, its a forum for the discussion of the ills of late-stage capitalism. It is used to disseminate information and provoke class consciousness.
Posts focus on the abuses of delusional employers, the fraud and coercion working against consumers, and stories of people leaving their horrible jobs after far too long.
In a way, the subreddit paints an image that is at-odds with the generic American misconception of a socialist. Hunger, hard labor, and fearful discipline under the eye of an authoritarian government is to be contrasted…
