"But I don't want to cure cancer. I want to turn people into dinosaurs."
Capital owners don't want healthier, more satisfied workers. They want to maximize the surplus labor from which their wealth is built.
Someone will probably come in with "happier workers will be more optimal for that" and maybe I guess but it doesn't seem that way to me. Doesn't seem that way to the owners either or it would already be like that.
We'll need a labor movement to fight for this, just like our predecessors had to fight and sometimes die for things like the weekend and the eight hour workday.
Instead of fighting it, I think we need more ways for independent workers to thrive, also to launch profitable businessess, without being tied to specific hours. General freedom of which hours to work and which not to is good.
Well, you need someone to buy your stuff and patron your establishments, so having more time to do that might be beneficial for business, probably more than the productivity gain that a 4 day workweek would bring.
Capital owners don't want healthier, more satisfied workers. They want to maximize the surplus labor from which their wealth is built.
Someone will probably come in with "happier workers will be more optimal for that" and maybe I guess but it doesn't seem that way to me. Doesn't seem that way to the owners either or it would already be like that.
We'll need a labor movement to fight for this, just like our predecessors had to fight and sometimes die for things like the weekend and the eight hour workday.
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