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The government also encoded slavery into law in the first place, and the move to the 40-hour workweek was driven by the automotive industry. The “moral conscie
by mypastself 3y ago
The government also encoded slavery into law in the first place, and the move to the 40-hour workweek was driven by the automotive industry.
The “moral conscience” of a people might well get us to a much worse state, if we permit it too much control.
- redwall_hp 3y agoThe move to the 40-hour workweek was driven by striking and spilled blood in the labor movement for multiple centuries. The auto industry doesn't even make the top ten. Then the FLSA happened and forced change. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-hour_day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-hour_day