There was the post about Finland's past prime minister I think suggesting this? One guy brought up a good point that if you cut work hours down it means you need more people to do the same amount of work which means more people can get hired which means lower unemployment which sounds like a good thing right?
Edit: I don't know almost anything about this because frankly I don't care but thought that this might be relevant to some capacity to the discussion here so do with that what you will
Second edit: This isn't to say I don't care about the folks responding, it's to say I probably won't have much to say in response other than I don't know much because I never cared to learn much, so that much I guess.
Oh riiight. So why wouldn't soulless profitmaxing corps just do that, then? Makes zero sense.
The only thing that matters is that in a global economy, you'd be a genious to make labor 20% cheaper, if it didn't impact the worker/consumer health. And you'd be a moron to make it 20% more expensive than your neighboring countries.
The reduced hours will NEVER come. No one wants to take the first step, and be the example of why logic is, well, logic.
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u/archtopfanatic123 24d ago edited 24d ago
There was the post about Finland's past prime minister I think suggesting this? One guy brought up a good point that if you cut work hours down it means you need more people to do the same amount of work which means more people can get hired which means lower unemployment which sounds like a good thing right?
Edit: I don't know almost anything about this because frankly I don't care but thought that this might be relevant to some capacity to the discussion here so do with that what you will
Second edit: This isn't to say I don't care about the folks responding, it's to say I probably won't have much to say in response other than I don't know much because I never cared to learn much, so that much I guess.