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>like for example giving us enough leisure time to be able to read, have hobbies, do art or spend more time with loved ones. You say that like it is a universa
by eertami 6y ago
>like for example giving us enough leisure time to be able to read, have hobbies, do art or spend more time with loved ones.
You say that like it is a universally accepted truth, yet the American worker allegedly takes less vacation time than a medieval peasant[0]. Going even further back, prior to agriculture we likely had even more "free" time[1].
Efficiency is a goal is nice, but the modern work day does not strive for efficiency.
[0]: https://www.businessinsider.com/american-worker-less-vacation-medieval-peasant-2016-11?r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/american-worker-less-vacatio...
[1]: https://www.earth.com/news/farmers-less-free-time-hunter-gatherers/ https://www.earth.com/news/farmers-less-free-time-hunter-gat...
- m12k 6y agoSure, the American ass-in-seat mentally is not efficient. The American for-profit healthcare system is not efficient. And the American way of leaving its poorer citizens to fend for themselves instead of investing in them is not efficient. That's not an indictment of America's belief in efficiency, that's an indictment of its blind belief in the market as the best source of all solutions.