IMO, anyone who thinks that Americans care too much about work need to check their perspective. The Chinese workers in American Factory care a lot about work. I

IMO, anyone who thinks that Americans care too much about work need to check their perspective. The Chinese workers in American Factory care a lot about work. I suspect that Americans a century ago were the same, but I think we lost that drive for a while now. Working hours has been consistent over the last couple decades, which is significantly less than that of the 50s [1]. People are idolizing Office Space and George Costanza types. What people are worshiping is not work, but consumption. If people worked less, they're more likely to waste more time consuming media, than they will spend it on church and community service. Of course, nobody is going to admit to prioritizing weed TikTok, despite both exploding in popularity, so they'll say that they that the most important thing is what enables their consumption, which is work. [1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/AVHWPEUSA065NRUG https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/AVHWPEUSA065NRUG