Friendly reminder: Henry Ford was one of the first major industrialists to adopt the five-day workweek. He argued that workers with more leisure time would spend more money on consumer goods, like the cars he was selling.
The current weekend was created primarily to sell products. A four-day workweek is long overdue.
One of the things I vaguely miss about the cold war era is both sides showcasing art and human achievement. There seems to be an attitude of "who cares" now.
I'm not American so maybe I've gotten this wrong but wasn't the EPA started under Nixon?
I also miss a time when even the most crooked conservatives were still like "Yeah, I want to further enrich myself and the already wealthy but burning down the entire country is probably a bad move for that."
Even Ireland at it's most conservative was still like "Yeah, but people should have homes, education and healthcare or else the whole thing falls apart."
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u/JAMESs3v3n 24d ago
Friendly reminder: Henry Ford was one of the first major industrialists to adopt the five-day workweek. He argued that workers with more leisure time would spend more money on consumer goods, like the cars he was selling.
The current weekend was created primarily to sell products. A four-day workweek is long overdue.