> The real problem isn’t Victoria, and it isn’t sucker culture itself — it’s the fact that going home after 8 hours is the new original sin. Actually, this "si

> The real problem isn’t Victoria, and it isn’t sucker culture itself — it’s the fact that going home after 8 hours is the new original sin. Actually, this "sin" isn't new - it has been around for a few hundred years. It's the Protestant Work Ethic. It states that by working hard you can get into heaven. Not working hard is therefore a sin. It's often translated into believing that it is inherently good that you should work hard for your family or for a good quality of life - with the emphasis more on the working hard than the ends. It's often shown up when people comment about the laziness of other countries or cultures, or conversely about the goodness of hard working immigrants, etc. It's deeply entrenched within the origins of America, in particular. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic