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> "Why not just pass worker protection laws that prevent people from overworking" Provide your own answer here: why did the system which exists to exploit huma

> "Why not just pass worker protection laws that prevent people from overworking" Provide your own answer here: why did the system which exists to exploit humans for profit do away with a free day instead of "just" passing worker protection laws? (Why did you frame it as "prevent people from overworking" instead of "prevent people from being overworked"?) > "It's a stupid idea and a dumb law that it only makes sense if your worker protection laws are too weak." Humans exist for more than just buying things. You may not like "A Sabbath for God" but "A day for something in life other than shopping" is an important idea. When September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks happened - great big terrorist attacks on American soil for pretty much the first time - President George Bush told Americans to "go shopping" in response. When many American teenagers grew up, they hung out at a shopping mall. Are you not lamenting the increasing feeling that you can't go out in public without being charged to be somewhere these days? Or the gradual turning of all walks of life into advertising and subscription services? Is any pushback on it "stupid and dumb" to you?

ncallaway 4y ago
> Why did you frame it as "prevent people from overworking" instead of "prevent people from being overworked"? I'm sorry I used the wrong words. > Humans exist for more than just buying things Yea, duh > "A day for something in life other than shopping" is an important idea That's fine. Why does it have to be the _same_ day for everyone? That's the stupid idea. Pass a law that says everyone must be given a full day off every week, I'm with you. Pass a law saying that day _must_ be Sunday, and I'm walking away. Hell, pass a law that says everyone must be given three full days off every week, I'm with you. Pass a law that says you have to pay someone 3x for every hour they work beyond 30 hours, I'm with you. Pass a law that says everyone must work 9am-3pm and I'm walking away. > Are you not lamenting the increasing feeling that you can't go out in public without being charged to be somewhere these days? Irrelevant to the conversation, but generally, no. > Or the gradual turning of all walks of life into advertising and subscription services? Irrelevant to the conversation, but yea, it's a hellscape. > Is any pushback on it "stupid and dumb" to you? Nope.

ncallaway 4y ago

> Why did you frame it as "prevent people from overworking" instead of "prevent people from being overworked"? I'm sorry I used the wrong words. > Humans exist for more than just buying things Yea, duh > "A day for something in life other than shopping" is an important idea That's fine. Why does it have to be the _same_ day for everyone? That's the stupid idea. Pass a law that says everyone must be given a full day off every week, I'm with you. Pass a law saying that day _must_ be Sunday, and I'm walking away. Hell, pass a law that says everyone must be given three full days off every week, I'm with you. Pass a law that says you have to pay someone 3x for every hour they work beyond 30 hours, I'm with you. Pass a law that says everyone must work 9am-3pm and I'm walking away. > Are you not lamenting the increasing feeling that you can't go out in public without being charged to be somewhere these days? Irrelevant to the conversation, but generally, no. > Or the gradual turning of all walks of life into advertising and subscription services? Irrelevant to the conversation, but yea, it's a hellscape. > Is any pushback on it "stupid and dumb" to you? Nope.