It's hard to not talk politics when discussing r/antiwork ideas because they are extremely intertwined. Of course, we've all been brain washed into arguing democrat vs republican in our shitty two party system. Instead, we should be focusing on the blatantly obvious problem of money in politics.
It's extremely unlikely that high net worth individuals would make policy that negatively effects them and positively effects poorer people. Why would someone with wealth vote to transfer/remove their wealth and pass it on to poor people? Unless you were morally and ethically benevolent like Bernie Sanders – you wouldn't! Additionally, corporations often “donate” to politics figures in exchange for favorable policy. Of course, all unwritten rules.
I will conclude with this enlightening example of true democracy, which also highlights the massive problem with corporations and the stock market aka stock market aka capitalism.
A public company on the stock market has 1100 employees and 10 board members. The company had a record breaking year in profits. The board members decide to vote on who should get a share of this profit. They vote for themselves and other executives of course. If the 99% (1100 members) voted on this, they would likely vote to distribute the wealth equally to their 1100 colleagues. This is what a democratic company looks like.
Continued: The same 1100 person company, after record breaking YoY profits, decides to cut 100 employees (because more profits). The 10 person board votes to approve and who should be fired. Do you think if the vote was given to the 1100 employees they would vote to fire 100 so the company could get a 10% increase in profits? Absolutely not.
This is the problem. The system must be changed.