I agree, but I think the reason we're unlikely to see something like this no matter how much evidence we present that it is better for everyone is that people w

I agree, but I think the reason we're unlikely to see something like this no matter how much evidence we present that it is better for everyone is that people with money and power generally got there because they craved money and power. Owning people's time, even if that time isn't being spent productively for them, is as close as they can get to owning people themselves and they desperately crave the power to own people.