[yowlingcat]

> Jews invented the system that forced everyone to stop working at least one day a week. Christians inherited that and dominated the world.

Ostensibly, Christians dominated the world by pioneering monotheistic proselytization. The day of rest didn't necessarily preclude Abrahamic religion from continuing the human sacrifice culture carried over from the polytheistic Canaanite roots of early Judeo-Christian religion. To the contrary, human sacrifice was elevated to the foundational myth vis-a-vis prophetic martyrship and symbolic rebirth.

On the whole, I agree with your broader point. Sacrifice cultures and result oriented cultures are intrinsically at odds with each other -- at some point, the culture must decide what is more important: appearances, or sustainable throughput? Cultures that decide to prioritize the latter almost all converge to your experiment A.