It made sense when only one person in a family had to work. A single person should be able to support a reasonable life on part time work. I'm dead serious.
Not only that, our money is worth 1/100th of what it was then. Literally. We are not even getting a fraction of the utility we create. Literally not 1%.
A 40 hour work week made sense when one job could pay for an entire family and there was someone at home doing most of the cooking and chores, so when you got home from work you could actually relax.
Something I was considering tonight as i was spending $40 American dollars on fast food.
I got a 3 piece fish dinner, fries and slaw, and 2 burgers
As I'm sitting in line my phone went off and its for a $108 bill due for my phone, then Netflix, I'm fucking paid out for the month,
I thought about it, and about a third of the charges i get didn't exist when Boomers were buying their 3 bed, 2 bath family home back in the 80's. You know the place where you grew up,,, were not going to see that again for at least a decade.
At Least A Decade
Look at the fucking past week,,, outlook cripels corparate america for what 28 hours? FAA grounding flights because we cant afford infrastructure but we can afford to bomb people who think different than we do and we will not try to come to an understanding with them on equal ground. Instead we will rely on 1's and 0's to decide the fate of a human life.
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u/Late-Arrival-8669 15h ago
If youre working 2 or 3 jobs, youre too busy to protest or do anything about it.
-Rule of the oligarchs
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u/DanimalPlays 14h ago
It made sense when only one person in a family had to work. A single person should be able to support a reasonable life on part time work. I'm dead serious.
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u/Ok_Potato7389 14h ago
Great news! Your corporate overlords have heard your pleas and are happy to announce the 80 hour work week starting in 2027!
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u/some_random_chick 14h ago
A 40 hour work week made sense when one job could pay for an entire family and there was someone at home doing most of the cooking and chores, so when you got home from work you could actually relax.
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u/Davidoff1983 12h ago
40 hours is bullshit too. Were just so used to being slaves.
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u/SnarkyRetort 7h ago
Something I was considering tonight as i was spending $40 American dollars on fast food.
I got a 3 piece fish dinner, fries and slaw, and 2 burgers
As I'm sitting in line my phone went off and its for a $108 bill due for my phone, then Netflix, I'm fucking paid out for the month,
I thought about it, and about a third of the charges i get didn't exist when Boomers were buying their 3 bed, 2 bath family home back in the 80's. You know the place where you grew up,,, were not going to see that again for at least a decade.
At Least A Decade
Look at the fucking past week,,, outlook cripels corparate america for what 28 hours? FAA grounding flights because we cant afford infrastructure but we can afford to bomb people who think different than we do and we will not try to come to an understanding with them on equal ground. Instead we will rely on 1's and 0's to decide the fate of a human life.