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I don't think we will, and that is because no one cares. People don't seem to realize that working extremely long hours was the norm in the early 20th century.

I don't think we will, and that is because no one cares. People don't seem to realize that working extremely long hours was the norm in the early 20th century. It was a long sustained effort by labor unions to those hours down from 100 a week to 40 a week. We're regressing fast, but there will be no change in the US because everyone in this country believes they'll be the capitalists one day.

enraged_camel 12y ago
>>I don't think we will, and that is because no one cares. Correction: no one who is currently in power cares. But there are plenty of young people who absolutely despise working even 40 hours a week and would do anything to change it.
- TheCoelacanth 12y ago
  "Anything", of course, that doesn't involve turning out to vote.
  - FatalBaboon 12y ago
    In France, at least, I don't know anybody that thinks voting would change anything. You need a good option to vote well.
    - TheCoelacanth 12y ago
      That's a common mantra, but it's not true. The voter base, especially the voter base for primary elections, has a significant effect on the options that are available. If 100% of young people, or even 100% of all people voted in every election, the available options would be vastly different.
  - cauterized 12y ago
    What makes you so certain? Have you run a candidate on a 30-hour/wk legislation platform and communicated that fact to 18-30 y/os via media they actually pay attention to, and measured how that affected voting rates?