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North by Northwest (1959)

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me: *turns off phone*

me: ..i have disconnected from technology..!..i am one with the earth plants trees..birds…modern civilization is just corporate control…look at the stars look how they shine for you

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this may be an Unpopular Opinion (even on tumblr) but like the 8-hour workday is just Too Gotdamn Long

like even sitting in an office for eight hours a day isn’t particularly pleasant (or healthy, as we are beginning to see) but when we’re talking about doing *actual work* for that same amount time it gets pretty fucking brutal

doing literally *anything* (even leisure activities) for eight hours straight tends to be less than enjoyable but when we’re talking about things like construction, landscaping, factory work, and hell, even foodservice and retail, eight hours is a fucking ETERNITY

i might just be a lazy weak-willed bitch but honestly i think i’m not entirely wrong

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this was being worked towards by leftist labor unions way back in the day after the time of FDRs new deal. people in the 40s and 50s were already starting to realize that we no longer actually needed an 8 hour work day or even a 5 day work week.

even with the comparatively primitive factory tech of the time we were already creating a huge amount of excess production back then and companies were making massive amounts of profit. So it already stood to reason that companies should either let their employees work less and thus each employee could work a shorter shift without lowering the yearly compensation of each employee, or in cases where businesses provide an active service they would shorten the shift but hire more people to cover the necessary operating time. but of course that would mean less money for people at the top so companies fought back hard and we ended up with nixon’s bullshit and so on and now its considered the norm for us to spend the vast majority of our lives doing work that really just amounts to waste.

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This is one of multiple parts in Henry Ford’s then radical work plan. The first of which was an above livable wage, giving employees the funds to fuel the economy by spending.

Another key part was shortening the work day. Before this the period could be characterized by the full days of factory work, day in and out. Sunday was the only reprieve, given is was the day of the sky fairy.

Henry Ford decided to try something new though. He gave workers Saturday off and shortened the days hours into smaller shifts.

The combination of money to spend leasurly instead of just necessities and the time to do so/enjoy purchases had two major, positive effects.

Influx of spending stimulated the economy. And happy workers who didn’t just trudge through their endless labor only to benefit the owner proved to be more effective workers.

This worked so well that other companies adopted the policies and it was even speculated by past presidents that we would ‘soon’ (like 30+ years ago) see the day of a four hour work week with only five hours a day and still plenty to go around.

But the truly amazing thing? There is literally no reason that cannot still be reality except for greed, rhetoric, and dogma.

Not to even mention studies showing anything past 6 is a waste of resources for the company.