A lot of the sentiment is against massive corporations that treat workers as a disposable resource. At this point no one can deny that the average workplace in America is really shit with no upward mobility and no security. That sentiment isn't inherently wrong.
It's also being fueled by increases in costs to living, taxes, hyperinflation, and rent. People being stressed because the world is going to shit under Biden.
Of course, there is the problem. They are only lashing out at their employers. A lot of them are adopting commie attitudes as well. Conservative ideas of just find a better job or make your own don't exactly work in the Biden economy and many of them are extremely brainwashed by the MSM to still think the openly fascist democrats aren't in large part to blame for this hell. If small business could flourish there would be a lot of better jobs with less toxic work environments and better compensation. But the democrats and rinos have destroyed that.
So whats left? If they went with conservative ideas they'd have to oust the current goverment and take years to fix the situation or they could demand more handouts which will only prolong the period of suffering, but they don't realize that.
The motivation's usually not just coldly calculated and personal outcome focused. The urge to even the playing field by any means necessary is a strong human instinct. I always remember an old experiment where two monkeys are happy to do simple "work" tasks in exchange for treats. Until they start giving one of them better rewards in front of the other's face, then the underpaid one starts losing its shit, throwing stuff at the experimenter and refusing the task entirely. And I definitely see that mirrored in a lot of actual people, the message of "don't fuck me around" is more important than the money sometimes.
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For places like antiwork tearing down those at the top of exploitative corporate culture is just as important as improving their own lot. They want to see Bill Gates drag his old ass to the bus and get his own groceries, they want to see Bezos try to decide if he can afford to get that weird lump checked at the doctor's this month. It's like crabs in a bucket mentality, but done kinda right, they're reaching past the crab slightly above them and trying to cut the hand that keeps shoving them all in a bucket.
A lot of the sentiment is against massive corporations that treat workers as a disposable resource. At this point no one can deny that the average workplace in America is really shit with no upward mobility and no security. That sentiment isn't inherently wrong.
It's also being fueled by increases in costs to living, taxes, hyperinflation, and rent. People being stressed because the world is going to shit under Biden.
Of course, there is the problem. They are only lashing out at their employers. A lot of them are adopting commie attitudes as well. Conservative ideas of just find a better job or make your own don't exactly work in the Biden economy and many of them are extremely brainwashed by the MSM to still think the openly fascist democrats aren't in large part to blame for this hell. If small business could flourish there would be a lot of better jobs with less toxic work environments and better compensation. But the democrats and rinos have destroyed that.
So whats left? If they went with conservative ideas they'd have to oust the current goverment and take years to fix the situation or they could demand more handouts which will only prolong the period of suffering, but they don't realize that.
The motivation's usually not just coldly calculated and personal outcome focused. The urge to even the playing field by any means necessary is a strong human instinct. I always remember an old experiment where two monkeys are happy to do simple "work" tasks in exchange for treats. Until they start giving one of them better rewards in front of the other's face, then the underpaid one starts losing its shit, throwing stuff at the experimenter and refusing the task entirely. And I definitely see that mirrored in a lot of actual people, the message of "don't fuck me around" is more important than the money sometimes.
[Edit - Gah hit save early]
For places like antiwork tearing down those at the top of exploitative corporate culture is just as important as improving their own lot. They want to see Bill Gates drag his old ass to the bus and get his own groceries, they want to see Bezos try to decide if he can afford to get that weird lump checked at the doctor's this month. It's like crabs in a bucket mentality, but done kinda right, they're reaching past the crab slightly above them and trying to cut the hand that keeps shoving them all in a bucket.