I think you gotta put more work (hehe) into defining what you mean by “work”.

Some people think of work as an inherently exploitative activity, where someone who owns the means but lacks the skill to use them loans the means to someone who has the skill, in return for some of (most of) the benefits of the labor.

I think that arrangement actually strips a lot of fulfillment from life, because the people who do the work don’t get to make decisions and the people who make decisions aren’t forced to understand the real impact of those decisions.

But if you just mean “doing something useful” or even “doing something meaningful” (since much of what gives life meaning isn’t explicitly useful), I think it would hard to disagree with you.

I think a lot of people who call themselves “anti-work” aren’t opposed to putting effort towards something meaningful — I think it’s actually because of their sense that their day job is meaningless (and maybe even undermining meaningful pursuits) that they call themselves “anti-work”.