You do realize that it was invented by people fighting desperately for work to not be 10 hours a day 6 days a week, yes?
Nah, man. Satan is the man who made 8 hours a day look like a fantastical demand back then.
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Is anyone going to tell them what it was before?
A video about the historical work-day one of my favorite YouTubers (Historia Civilis) released a few months ago, I think everyone should watch it: https://youtu.be/hvk_XylEmLo
His videos about Roman-era politics & important battles are also great :)
Thank you!
Rather, "whoever invented weekends was a genius."
Labor unions are the Satan to which you are referring. Labor unions brought you many infernal things: the weekend, lunch breaks, paid vacation, social security, minimum wage, FMLA, 8-hour work days, OSHA, sick leave, child labor laws, etc.
Satan indeed!
They originally wanted a 4/4 work week.
"They"? Which shop? When? Was that part of contract negotiation/positioning or an actual demand?
What a shitty take. Go learn what the normal conditions were BEFORE the 8/day 5/week standard.
"what a shitty take, dont you know that before when i was being trafficked for labor i was physically abused DAILY?"
this u rn.
Just because things were worse in the past doesn't mean they can't be better in the future.
But the text specifically says the person who made the last big improvement is bad for having done it.
You are very right, it's just that saying "whoever invented the thing that's better than what was before is Satan" is kinda unfair to be people who fought for the 8/8/8 system. The focus should be onto whom hinder or even regress progress
Yeah, a better sentiment would be "whoever is still demanding that we work the 8/8/8 system in the current economy is Satan. Our forefathers fought to improve working conditions, we should fight too"
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