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You might have misunderstood what happened. They changed the duration of the literal week, not the workweek.
by gniv 3y ago
You might have misunderstood what happened. They changed the duration of the literal week, not the workweek.
- jacquesm 3y agoYes, but the obvious goal was to squeeze more labor out of the population by removing the religiously supported 'rest' day.
- Georgelemental 3y agoActually, there were more rest days under the new system, they just weren't synced up (different people would have a different rest day).
- mistrial9 3y agoentrenched religious authorities used the rest day as a lever for religious observation laws and such.. both sides, secular red and traditional religious groups, pushing hard to "command" the week.. that is a guess from afar
- jacquesm 3y agoAbsolutely, it's a tithe on time. It's power structures competing for influence.