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Antiwork

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A community for those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on anti-work ideas and want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.

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This server is no longer working, and we had to move.

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Date Created: June 21, 2023

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c/Antiwork Rules

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1. Server Main Rules

The main rules of the server will be enforced stringently. https://lemmy.world/

2. No spam or reposts + limit off topic comments

Spamming posts will be removed. Reposts will be removed with the exception of a repost becoming the main hub for discussion on that topic.

Off topic comments that do not pertain to the post at hand may be removed if it is deemed they contribute nothing and/or foster hostility at users. This mostly applies to political and religious debate, but can be applied to other things at the mod’s discretion.

3. Post must have Antiwork/ Work Reform explicitly involved

Post must have Antiwork/Work Reform explicitly involved in some capacity. This can be talking about antiwork, work reform, laws, and ext.

4. Educate don’t attack

No mocking, demeaning, flamebaiting, purposeful antagonizing, trolling, hateful language, false accusation or allegation, or backseat moderating is allowed. Don’t resort to ad hominem attacks against another user or insult other people, examples of violations would be going after the person rather than the stance they take.

If we feel the comment is uncalled for we will remove it. Stay civil and there won’t be problems.

5. No Advertising

Under no circumstance are you allowed to promote or advertise any product or service

6. No factually misleading informationContent that makes claims or implications that can be proven false or misleading will be removed.

7. Headlines

If the title of the post isn’t an original title of the article then the first thing in the body of the post should be an original title written in this format “Original title: {title here}”.

8. Staff Discretion

Staff can take disciplinary action on offenses not listed in the rules when a community member's actions or general conduct creates a negative experience for another player and/or the community.

It is impossible to list every example or variation of the rules. It is also impossible to word everything perfectly. Players are expected to understand the intent of the rules and not attempt to "toe the line" or use loopholes to get around the intent of the rule.


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[–] idontflush@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I like how everyone is upset with the "skilled work" part. But nobody did the calculation, that with Bezos pay and 16 dollars per hour, you could hire 562500 Workers. Which I think is crazy

[–] blue_zephyr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You can hire way more than that, people don't work 24/7, but I assume Bezos' income in this post isn't based on a peasant workweek.

[–] HenchmanNumber3@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But Bezos' earnings are in addition to what Amazon uses for personnel expenditures, so that's not instead of, it's in addition to the number of people Amazon already can and does employ. Something like ~1.5 million employees, though that includes higher paid employees as well as the warehouse and delivery personnel.

[–] unfreeradical@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think the relevance of the observation relates to how the business's income is distributed among all those receiving some share.

[–] stella@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That is actually pretty nuts.

Imagine having half a million people working under you, and you don't even need them to turn a profit.

Leave first world nations, and you become a god. Not sure why more billionaires don't do that.

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's much less than that with benefits and taxes but still probably 200k+