Even the most radical anarchists I’ve met insist that there will still be work after the revolution so why even bother?
We’ve always worked and will have to continue working until the machines/AI can take over. But most of us can be happy working for a community of people who are also working for us. In modern times we work just to get another wage while some rich fuck buys another yacht. Work is necessary but our current situation is downright depressing.
Work is depressing. I don’t want to do it and I won’t follow an ideology that insists it must be done.
If we used our machines to produce goods for direct consumption there would be a hell of a lot less work to be done. We can already make enough foods, clothing, shelter, etc. for the world’s population. Moreover, the greater our technological capacity, the less hours we will have to work to fulfill our material needs.
Compare this with capitalism. Capitalism insists that we continually produce in order to make greater and greater profits. This leads to much waste, overproduction, and, equivalently, over-work. Even after a drastic increase in productive capacity, the capitalists keep us working 8 hours a day. But we no longer need to work this much; we are trading our lives away so that .01% of us can make more money than they could ever spend.
Less work isn’t no work.
If I have to exist within the human concept of time then no deal.
Workweek
Two words, my dude.
Sure, but try to write a catchy tune based on that.
Slavvin on my voj til I zizek
