Antiwork

Ever since the interview gone to hell a few weeks ago, I thought about the nature of this subreddit as it pertains to the public eye. The public is not going to take a group of people seriously who define their goal in life as “not wanting to work”. As great as it sounds it will never gain mainstream momentum. I think everyone here does want to work including myself, but people want to get paid a living wage. Restructuring the name to something positive such as “pro worker” would be taken much more seriously by the public. Once you gain the eye of the public, telling the stories to them will come naturally. We tell each other stories on here and it is great to brainstorm, but those ideas need to catch on to the cashier at a 7-Eleven in the Bronx. They need to catch on to a…

But I would like the ability negotiate the set 6+% interest rate, that I had no say in, without having to refinance through private loan providers. And in a perfect world I would want the interest that accrued when I was still IN SCHOOL forgiven. I’m just so tired. May is coming.

The description of the sub is “A subreddit for those who want to end work” I'm genuinly curious what world you guys are invisioning and how you plan to get there. Like, are we talking about the world functioning without a single working human or is this all hyperboly?

Do we have any good instances of an issue that is reportable to the Dept of Labor, and if so, what does it look like and how do we go about doing it if need be? What is a commonly reported issue to the DOL? How do we file a report? Purely for educational reasons and discussion, so that I (we) can feel a bit safer