rant · moment 9 of 22
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.
- 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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