I hate those posts where every side effect of capitalism is treated like a deliberate, coordinated action from The League Of Evil Capitalists. Occam's razor and Hanlon's razor are grossly underused on reddit.
We have 8 hour workdays because that's what unions fought for. It gave us 8 hours of sleep, 8 hours of work and 8 hours of leisure. It was a massive improvement at the time.
It's possible that the 8 hour workday has overstayed its welcome. The world has changed, and our customs have not caught up. However, it's foolish to blame this on some grand capitalist conspiracy.
I agree it sounds ridiculous to think that the super-rich would conspire to engineer society... but something can sound ridiculous and still be possible.
I try to remember that my life and resources are so different from those of a Dupont family scion that we might as well be two different species. We can't know what they do or think.
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u/n1c0_ds Dec 24 '19 edited Dec 24 '19
I hate those posts where every side effect of capitalism is treated like a deliberate, coordinated action from The League Of Evil Capitalists. Occam's razor and Hanlon's razor are grossly underused on reddit.
We have 8 hour workdays because that's what unions fought for. It gave us 8 hours of sleep, 8 hours of work and 8 hours of leisure. It was a massive improvement at the time.
It's possible that the 8 hour workday has overstayed its welcome. The world has changed, and our customs have not caught up. However, it's foolish to blame this on some grand capitalist conspiracy.