this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2024
1527 points (96.2% liked)

Antiwork

3648 readers
2 users here now

A community for those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on anti-work ideas and want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.

The new place for c/antiwork@lemmy.fmhy.ml

This server is no longer working, and we had to move.

Active stats from all instances

Subscribers: 2.1k

Date Created: June 21, 2023

Library copied from reddit:
The Anti-Work Library 📚
Essential Reads

Start here! These are probably the most talked-about essays on the topic.

c/Antiwork Rules

Tap or click to expand

1. Server Main Rules

The main rules of the server will be enforced stringently. https://lemmy.world/

2. No spam or reposts + limit off topic comments

Spamming posts will be removed. Reposts will be removed with the exception of a repost becoming the main hub for discussion on that topic.

Off topic comments that do not pertain to the post at hand may be removed if it is deemed they contribute nothing and/or foster hostility at users. This mostly applies to political and religious debate, but can be applied to other things at the mod’s discretion.

3. Post must have Antiwork/ Work Reform explicitly involved

Post must have Antiwork/Work Reform explicitly involved in some capacity. This can be talking about antiwork, work reform, laws, and ext.

4. Educate don’t attack

No mocking, demeaning, flamebaiting, purposeful antagonizing, trolling, hateful language, false accusation or allegation, or backseat moderating is allowed. Don’t resort to ad hominem attacks against another user or insult other people, examples of violations would be going after the person rather than the stance they take.

If we feel the comment is uncalled for we will remove it. Stay civil and there won’t be problems.

5. No Advertising

Under no circumstance are you allowed to promote or advertise any product or service

6. No factually misleading informationContent that makes claims or implications that can be proven false or misleading will be removed.

7. Headlines

If the title of the post isn’t an original title of the article then the first thing in the body of the post should be an original title written in this format “Original title: {title here}”.

8. Staff Discretion

Staff can take disciplinary action on offenses not listed in the rules when a community member's actions or general conduct creates a negative experience for another player and/or the community.

It is impossible to list every example or variation of the rules. It is also impossible to word everything perfectly. Players are expected to understand the intent of the rules and not attempt to "toe the line" or use loopholes to get around the intent of the rule.


Other Communities

c/workreform@lemmy.world


Server status for big servers http://lemmy-status.org/

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 91 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Yeah, this inflationary period shows that it has to do with profit-seeking and not monetary supply. We made the money printers go BRRRRR for a very long time with almost no inflation, then suddenly COVID and supply chain hiccups gave corporations an excuse to transfer more of society's wealth to themselves by raising prices and not lowering them again afterwards.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can't expect change when all we elect are wealthy people who care more about their stock portfolios than their constituents.

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yup. It’s pure insanity that most of Congress is made up of lawyers & businesspeople.

[–] rabiddolphin@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Who should it be made of? Fry cooks and fork lift drivers?

[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago
[–] RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

It should be made up of everyone. I don't see any reason fry cooks and fork lift drivers shouldn't be there, they definitely deserve representation.

If you're convinced those people are all too stupid or lazy for the job, then maybe you could at least get on board with engineers, doctors, scientific researchers, artists, farmers, teachers, etc. Anyone who works hard at whatever their chosen profession is should have a shot. But our current system selects for low ethical standards, improv skills, and self-preservation instincts rather than real achievement.

[–] Fox@pawb.social -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Inflation quadrupled from 2020 to 2021 and then almost doubled again from 2021 to 2022.

It's not (just) because they're greedy that they don't lower them back down, it's because they'd go out of business. One 2024 dollar was 83 cents in 2019, that's way more than the net profit margin for most retail.

Greed is a constant, they're not any more greedy now than they were before covid.