# On "antiwork" and necessary labor **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 29, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-antiwork-and-necessary-labor/963671 "2022-04-29T12:41:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 182
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-antiwork-and-necessary-labor/963671/182 "2022-05-26T19:18:26Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > The conflict is that if 100% of people took society up on this offer to have all of their basic needs met without having to work, the system would fail. That’s all. I thought we were doing this in another thread. > [@The 'if everyone did it' argument](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-if-everyone-did-it-argument/964787): > > Picking up pebbles from the beach, in the UK, is apparently a crime, punishable by a £1000 fine, so I am informed. Now, I don’t really see it as a very significant problem if a kid wants to take home a shiny rock as a souvenir of a beach holiday. (Of course I understand there are places where it might be considered taboo, which is a different thing, and there are exceptional cases like mineral deposits that are considered to be part of a national monument - such as the [Moqui Marbles](https://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/glad-you-asked/moqui-marbles/) ‘But if e… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-antiwork-and-necessary-labor/963671)._