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IMO, if we truly lived in a world that embodies antiwork ideals, many of us (especially in the West) would have to change our consumption patterns

I think we could all have nice lives with many comforts, but we'd probably have to own fewer (but hopefully more durable) things. I think we'd still be able to eat out — but probably at more basic canteen style restaurants rather than very nice sit down places or a myriad of cheap delivery options. Something I worry about is that people in the West will adopt and advocate for “antiwork” ideals for ourselves while leaving out people in the global south, and some classes of workers in our own countries like farm workers and the many underpaid undocumented workers in the restaurant industry (US specific). The amount of resources we currently consume, and the ways which we consume them, absolutely contribute to the shitty work conditions most people face. I don't see how we could change working conditions on a large-scale level without also accepting that we'd have to…


I think we could all have nice lives with many comforts, but we'd probably have to own fewer (but hopefully more durable) things. I think we'd still be able to eat out — but probably at more basic canteen style restaurants rather than very nice sit down places or a myriad of cheap delivery options.

Something I worry about is that people in the West will adopt and advocate for “antiwork” ideals for ourselves while leaving out people in the global south, and some classes of workers in our own countries like farm workers and the many underpaid undocumented workers in the restaurant industry (US specific). The amount of resources we currently consume, and the ways which we consume them, absolutely contribute to the shitty work conditions most people face. I don't see how we could change working conditions on a large-scale level without also accepting that we'd have to consume less and more efficiently.

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