From the article: “The average American works 8.8 hours, born out of the industrial revolution and carried through to the twenty-first century out of routine, r

From the article: “The average American works 8.8 hours, born out of the industrial revolution and carried through to the twenty-first century out of routine, rather than active consideration. Robert Owen crafted the saying ‘Eight hours labour, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest.’” I just need to point out: it's super wrong to give the industrial revolution credit for the 8-hour day. It took several decades of strikes, protest, organizing against factory owners and legislators of the industrial revolution to normalize the 8-hour workday down from 12–16 hours! Robert Owen didn’t invent the idea either...but he did promote it because, surprise, he was a passionate socialist. edit to add: in the above passage, the author links to a HuffPo article on the topic that is even worse, implying that the 8-hour day was the idea of factory owners to “run factories more efficiently” — hell no!