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> people who have to work every hour just to afford the essentials of life Yeah, this isn't true at all. 40 hours per week, with strong governmental protection
by caeril 4y ago
> people who have to work every hour just to afford the essentials of life
Yeah, this isn't true at all. 40 hours per week, with strong governmental protections to compensate for more than this.
Most people clock out and go home to watch television or scroll social media. The statistics don't lie[1][2].
This meme that the "poor, downtrodden masses" are just too overworked to do anything productive with their free time has been disproven time and time again. Human beings are dopamine response state machines living in a Skinner Box. We have plenty of free time, but we consistently make poor decisions with regard to how to use it.
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2021/06/24/americans-spent-more-than-1300-hours-on-social-media/?sh=5f365f852547 https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2021/06/24/americans...
[2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/411775/average-daily-time-watching-tv-us-by-age/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/411775/average-daily-tim...
- Arainach 4y agoCherry-picked statistics from a time when lockdowns were in place and people were stuck in their homes desperate for escapism do not prove your point. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/05/multiple-jobs-census-data-inflation-us https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/05/multiple-job...