新星 [they/them/🏳️⚧️]@lemmygrad.mltoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•We're lucky that our bodies require sleep, otherwise our cultures would have us working 16-20 hour days.English
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1 year agoThe US surpassed Japan in workaholism in the mid-1990s.
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The US surpassed Japan in workaholism in the mid-1990s.
someone replied “boooo this man”
You sure that wasn’t about the Anti-Semitism? It’s almost like the Great Man idea of history is a false one…
Yep, 16 hour workdays were not uncommon historically (there’s a reason non-US countries remember May Day).
If you search up 16 hour workdays now, you’ll depressingly find people framing it in a positive light. Capitalism is trying to make workaholism the norm and required to survive.
It’s named DERP according to a quick search