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Should we move away from the term “antiwork”?

Don't get me wrong, I personally love the term, I think it accurately represents what the movement is about. But at the same time, the sub clearly has a problem with it's image, and part of it seems to come from a lot of people getting the wrong impression from the name itself, and their opinion of the sub and the movement is coloured by this misconception. My question is then, should we in stead use language that emphasizes, not just ending work, but moving beyond work, replacing work with something better? Maybe terms like “post work” would give people a more accurate and less negative impression of what the sub is about? Is there other ways we can help give the impression that the sub is more than “just a bunch of lazy assholes that want to do nothing more than sit on their ass all day”?


Don't get me wrong, I personally love the term, I think it accurately represents what the movement is about. But at the same time, the sub clearly has a problem with it's image, and part of it seems to come from a lot of people getting the wrong impression from the name itself, and their opinion of the sub and the movement is coloured by this misconception.

My question is then, should we in stead use language that emphasizes, not just ending work, but moving beyond work, replacing work with something better? Maybe terms like “post work” would give people a more accurate and less negative impression of what the sub is about? Is there other ways we can help give the impression that the sub is more than “just a bunch of lazy assholes that want to do nothing more than sit on their ass all day”?

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