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[-] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

Your post was a view point that we couldn't work less while maintaining modern conveniences and luxuries, at least that's how it's coming across.

If your point was simply that in pre-modern times they didn't have what we have today and that it was due to working too much for sustaining life to develop, then ok I guess. Maybe I misread the thread. The main post was about the fact we're working too many hours in our current society though so.. yeah.

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I really appreciate that response and I think it's a good example of what I love about Lemmy.

In my head, the thread was about OP's addition to the image, which was "whoever invented the 8 hour 5 day work week is Satan." Where, ehhh, 8 hour work day feels like an improvement on most of history.

Original image, I more agree with you. I think we do have technological surplus that could be better allocated towards labour/leisure/all our modern conveniences. But, I am keenly aware it is capitalism/civilization/whatever that got us here.

[-] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Fair enough! From that view point I definitely understand where you were coming from now, my bad!

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