The INSANE Downfall of r/AntiWork - How a Reddit Mod's Fox Interview Created a Subreddit MELTDOWN
1,745r/antiwork has been a rapidly growing subreddit on Reddit over the last year due to the Great Resignation that has been sweeping America. Many people are fed up with low wages and insane rising costs of living and housing. r/antiwork had been a subreddit that had gone viral due to images being posted there of text messages sent to people's bosses telling them they had quit.
However, r/antiwork had been created 7 years ago by leftist anarchists who wanted to abolish work. Many people who joined the subreddit were not anarchists. Many were not even anti-capitalists and many were reformists. Despite the anti-capitalist nature of the sub remaining intact to a degree cracks were starting to show.
This came to a dramatic head when one of the lead mod's gave a car crash interview to Fox News host Jessie Watters who used the mod to confirm everyone's stereotype of what a person who wants to end work sounds like...
The reaction of the mod team was to lock the entire subredditt.
I break down the drama in this video.
.00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:00 - The history of r/antiwork and its politics
00:05:32 - The a Reddit Mod gives an interview to Fox News
00:10:15 - The Reaction to the Interview
00:11:58 - My take on the Interview
00:15:20 - r/antiwork MELTDOWN and Mod defends themself
00:25:40 - Why I think the Mods have to change
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