Peter Kropotkin - what are jobs to seek if one wants “Good Work” to live a Kropotkinite life?
Any job that is aligned with mutual aid, cooperation, autonomy, and social usefulness - has Kropotkinite values. If your job doesn’t offer that, especially if it is simply chasing money, status, or prestige - I don’t support that.
Recommended Jobs: Community Garden Organizer; Urban Farmer, Coop Employee, Free Clinic / Community Health Worker, Teacher in Free School, Cooperative Software Developer, Open Source Contributor, Youth Mentor, After-School Program Facilitator, Community Kitchen Worker, Sustainable Building Construction Worker, Bicycle Repairperson, Tool-Sharing Worker, Mutual Aid Network Coordinator, Cooperative Artist / Cultural Organizer, Renewable Energy Technician in Community Projects, Cooperative Craftsperson, Radical Journalist, Open Media Contributor, Library or Knowledge-Sharing Program Coordinator, Emergency or Disaster Relief Volunteer, Cooperative Transportation Organizer, Community Mental Health Worker, Environmental Restoration, Social Enterprise Founder, Community Event Planner, Festival Organizer
What are the Jobs to Avoid ?
Hierarchical / Exploitative Corporations where you serve profit over people, are powerless in decisions, or harm the environment/community. Big-bank investment roles, exploitative tech platforms, fast-fashion management.
Roles That Concentrate Power Over Others - Jobs that rely on coercion or enforce inequality. High-level policing, militarized enforcement for private gain, hierarchical corporate management.
Work That Encourages Alienation - Assembly-line positions with no say, large bureaucracies that treat humans as numbers.
Jobs That Undermine Mutual Aid - Exploitative sales, predatory finance, corporations that profit from scarcity or harm social welfare.