“Work Is a False Idol”

1 min readAug 23, 2021

But it’s hard to imagine the alternative.

“Luo Huazhong drew the curtains and crawled into bed.”

Refusing to work for The System is good, but it’s not the alternative.

“Ms. Hersey leads events across the country focused on the transformative power of naps.”

Taking naps is good, but it’s not the alternative.

@hollabekgrl tweeted: “i do not want to have a career, i want to sit on the porch.”

Questioning careerism is good, but it’s not the alternative.

Maynard G. Krebs’ reaction was justifiable:

Bob Black’s recommendation has merit:

But it doesn’t define the alternative. Nor does UBI. Nor does worker self-management of industry.

The alternative is to sustain life together in community.

One of the reasons to build ecovillages is to demonstrate what modern people now find hard to imagine.

Communities vs. institutions.

Tasks in a community vs. jobs within the institutions of The System.

Try to imagine the difference.

Written by Steven Welzer