Predictably, these members have different views on what it means to be “anti-work.” Some on the subreddit want to advocate for a universal basic income, some rail against capitalism more broadly, some just hate their shitty boss, most want to strengthen the organized labor movement, some just want to be paid a decent wage and be treated with respect. The Fox News interview was an inflection point for the antiwork subreddit, which went from a small community to one of the fastest-growing subreddits and now has 1.7 million members. “REDDIT THREAD: ‘WORK IS POINTLESS, HUMILIATING,’” a chyron below showed. I would just be taking notes the whole time and, you know what, professor is a very similar schedule to something you’re imagining, so it might work perfectly for you.” “I would love to take your class, Doreen. Later, Watters asked Ford, who said she is a 30-year-old dog walker, if she “aspires to do anything more than dog-walking, or is that your pinnacle?” When Ford mentions that she’d like to teach philosophy (a field of study likened to the mythical "underwater basket weaving" that conservatives have endlessly memed as being expensive, useless, and without job prospects), Watters literally laughs. "I think laziness is a virtue in a society where people want you to be productive 24/7," Ford responded. “Are you encouraging people to be lazy?” Watters asked.
#Subreddit drama free#
To Watters, Ford was everything conservatives have been warning about the Woke Leftists Who Are Destroying America and want free things from the government. She had wandered into a den of wolves and didn’t realize anything bad was happening even as she was being eaten alive. Ford made reasonable and clear arguments for what many members of r/antiwork want, but Watters invited her on only to ridicule the notion that anyone would be “against working,” not to have a substantive interview.
The interview was a typical Fox News ambush. Ford explained that people in the anti-work movement “still want to do things, but they want to do things where they feel rewarded and in a good spot in life and where their job respects them.”
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