I assume anti-work people would be pro work in the context of e.g. getting stranded on a desert island; what's the degree of civilizational success before people should no longer have to work? is it a spectrum? how much success till ppl are entitled to other ppls labor?
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You are really good at asking interesting questions. Better than a lot of people who have podcasts. Maybe you should have one yourself
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aw thank you. I'm not sure I'm quite as good as having good questions spur of the moment tho
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Well, I mean, if you actually want the correct answer, it's at the point where land rents are sufficient to support everyone.
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Work is the word people use for the stuff they don't want to do. There is a lot of stuff people enjoy doing or compulsively do that is useful. It is often not paid because people consider doing it a privilege or are so good that it feels like nothing to them. Preferences are key.
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For many anti-work people work is not an activity but a way of relating to the activity. When seen in that light their view make more sense. The man stranded on an island isn’t a part of some sort of work related social structure and hence doesn’t “work” in the same sense.
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Don't know about other people. But I'm only entitled to work of non-sentient & non-feeling robots.
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UBI will become inevitable once robot labor and automation replace unskilled labor on a massive scale. Then the anti work people can sit at home and pout about something else
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I think many anti-work people are anti-work in the respect that their jobs lack any intricate depth of meaning, and are bossed by resentful bug-like managers. Bonus points if their job is serving the wealthy (hospitality, fine dining, cashier at high end clothing stores, etc)
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No one is entitled to another's labor. People shouldn't have to work, they just do.
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The usual Marxist perspective is that labor is natural and good, but modern work alienates us from our labor and steals excess value. On a desert island, you would reap the benefits of your labor and trade on an equal basis with peers (until rents/slavery are reinvented)
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