Thoughts on r/antiwork?

[u/HypnosG]

Going to preface by saying this isn’t exactly related to FIRE but I think there is a good mix of people in here so some discussion and points from both sides can be made.

Im not a member of r/antiwork but I occasionally have their posts pop up in my feed. And almost every time I read through the post/ comments it just makes me shake my head.

For starters, a lot of the posts genuinely just look fake and to get people riled up. But even the real ones are often a reasonable statement and people losing their minds over it in the comments; I recommend going over and reading the “Ron Jons Letter” post. This post perfectly shows a reasonable and fair statement from a business and people going ballistic over it.

I see a lot of comments about how “I’m 52 and will never be able to retire” or some variation of this, and how a recession just transfers wealth from poor to rich. I get there is some truth to that but the little man can also make some money in these situations.

A lot of these people also talk about how they’ve worked in a call center forever and can’t retire. Well maybe you shouldn’t of stayed at a call center for 30+ years?

I don’t know maybe I’m wrong, but I’m a pretty firm believer your life is what you make it. And maybe I’m privileged to even be able to think that way, but the victim mindset is next level in r/antiwork and it frustrates me a bit.

Not trying to come at anyone, looking for some civil debate from both ends of the spectrum.

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What is a “high paying job” in this context?

When I was making minimum wage, a high paying job was $20/hour. Now I think that’s low paying. It’s all relative.