>Americans working more then other OECD countries is not the result of unions or capitalism. It's culture. Ironically, this is one of the topics which Marx (we

>Americans working more then other OECD countries is not the result of unions or capitalism. It's culture. Ironically, this is one of the topics which Marx (wearing his sociologist hat) tried to get at, as well as his descendants (Weber and the Frankfurt School etc.) >Under communism, there is ample labor law Under Communism there wouldn't be labour law because there is no such thing as "labour" requiring a law - labour law literally only exists due to its position in relation to capital. >China got a two day weekend without needing unions to fight it through This is due to a combination of China being founded by Socialists (and despite not being a Socialist state, needing to keep up appearances of being one) and importing already established Western ideas (in a very similar way to what Japan did). >more efficient allocation of capital, the everyday person has vastly improved quality of life. This is not contrary to the Marian thesis that capitalism requires free workers, free in the first sense of being able to sell their labour how they wish, and free in his more ironic sense of freedom from the means and produce of production.