“Saying we are anti-job is not quite right, because a job is just an activity one is paid for, and we are not all against money,” reads the FAQ section. “‘Anti-labor’ makes us sound like we’re against any effort at all, and we already get that enough as is. (We’re not, by the way.)”
But while the forum seeks to veil itself with semantic word games, its Marxist leanings quickly become apparent. Further down, the FAQ section suggests that the subreddit isn’t against work per se, just against work under capitalism.
This is classic Marxism, aiming the people’s enmity toward capitalism and promising a better world should the economic philosophy disappear. As Karl Marx wrote in “Das Kapital,” “Capital is dead labor, that, vampire-like, only lives by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.”
In recent years, the idea of work has come under fire. Andrew Yang, then a Democratic presidential hopeful, called for enactment of a universal basic income, arguing that the government should ensure that all American citizens can have their needs met by default.
But while the forum seeks to veil itself with semantic word games, its Marxist leanings quickly become apparent. Further down, the FAQ section suggests that the subreddit isn’t against work per se, just against work under capitalism.
This is classic Marxism, aiming the people’s enmity toward capitalism and promising a better world should the economic philosophy disappear. As Karl Marx wrote in “Das Kapital,” “Capital is dead labor, that, vampire-like, only lives by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.”
In recent years, the idea of work has come under fire. Andrew Yang, then a Democratic presidential hopeful, called for enactment of a universal basic income, arguing that the government should ensure that all American citizens can have their needs met by default.
Meet 1.6 Million ‘Redditors’ Who Want to Abolish Work
One of Reddit’s biggest forums is dedicated to "Redditors" who support abolishing work and jobs "structured under capitalism."
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