I just want to say I'm a strange lurker on Antiwork because I'm actually fully disabled and don't work anymore.
But I think you folks might be unaware of some very similar topics you have reoccurring that also reoccur on r/chronic illness. Believe it or not.
We spend a lot of time struggling to deprogram ourselves from the life traded for money equals value. And yes it's a little different when you CAN'T work but not as much as you'd think. Especially since “humans” love to say that either you can work and your faking or that not being able to work means that others are being taxed without agreement to support your ass and you are drain directly on thier pockets.
It's still about finding meaning when you've never been taught value to society outside of being financial fodder. You've probably never even considered it because it's never been a real probability and you knew it. For the most part it gets called internalize ablelizem but it's really the same thing you're talking about here.
And also we spend a lot of time being angry that humans, and the political decision that are supposed to be in service to the community, only seem to feel your life has worth IF you are trading it for a paycheck and trying to figure out what to do about it. That people can literally f*** off and DIE ( and as quickly and quietly as possible please) because our existing doesn't directly generate cash exchange. And how much we are resented for even that lowly disgusting position in society. And how to make progress in that.
Overall I want to thank you for helping me process my own “retirement” from the working world. I wish this kind of commentary was around when I was growing up and before I went into the workforce. Seriously I was abused for so long and now I'll never be healthy again to get those years back. The sooner you overhear the concept that it's not worth it, the better. The sooner we get through this “work culture crisis” the more of society will inherently have self worth that isn't tied to capital and the more the disabled community will have a place in that world. Thanks