Anarchy and modern convenience

A major part of anarchy and socialism is the concept of anti-work. An obsession with work is a colonial, patriarchal, and capitalist construct. As such, the anti-work movement—a focus on working less overall and sharing labor more equally—is an important part of decolonization, feminism, and anti-capitalism. A common criticism of this is that reducing the amount everyone works to something like 20 hours a week instead of 40+ means we would have to give up a lot of conveniences. No more 24/7 stores. No more same day or next day shipping. But as Our Changing Climate pointed out in their latest video, those conveniences are a trap of capitalism, designed to give you the illusion of joy (while extracting more money from your pocket) because work robs you of time. You need and enjoy next day shipping because work leaves you with little time to relax, and having something shipped to your house the next day frees up that time you’d spend at the store for other things. But imagine if you…