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Intro to the Anti-Work Movement

from #277 - The New American Dream | The Tim Dillon Show · #277

3 min

Tim introduces an article about the anti-work movement of people permanently leaving the workforce, and argues from personal observation that people who don't work aren't happier, just more online and paranoid.

In this bit6 moments
  • Anti-work movement is people leaving the workforce permanently, not just taking a break
  • Tim respects the idea but wonders what happens on day three when the novelty wears off
  • Humans get self-worth from their job, a claim Tim says is now controversial
  • During the pandemic everyone said freed workers would plant community gardens and do good—it didn't happen
  • People he knows who don't work aren't doing well in any conceivable way, financially or otherwise
  • Friends without jobs become angry, paranoid people spending all their time online figuring out their misery
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