Anti-work

An obsession with work is a colonial, patriarchal, and capitalist construct. As such, the anti-work movement is an important part of decolonization, feminism, and anti-capitalism. Work is a tool of oppression By anti-work, I don’t mean that no one ever works. That’s preposterous of course. There are things that need to get done, and people need to do them. But this obsession with hard work as a virtue, as a good and righteous thing to do, the glorification of toil and sweat and labor… that’s a tool the wealthy who don’t work for a living use to oppress those who do. If you grew up in a capitalist society (ie. everyone), that mindset is deeply indoctrinated in you basically from birth. The indoctrination of work Asking kindergartners what they want to be when they grow up is weird, if you really think about it. Because we don’t mean… What kind of person do you want to be? We mean… What kind of labor do you want to do? At five years old. That’s weird! It’s hard to unlearn this…