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by test098 455 days ago
that coincides with industrialization and the subsequent rise of trade unions. the alternative was violence against capital.
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BoredPositron 455 days ago
I don’t get the argument. Hours are hours and that there is no correlation to technical advancements is an extrem position to have… but hey you are not alone.
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slater 455 days ago
It's not that there's no correlation. It's that there's many, MANY other reasons before you get even close to "oh yeah, and then we invented the steam engine"
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BoredPositron 455 days ago
Over 200 years "shit happens"... the argument. We are still working less and the hours didn't get filled with other work.
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