Meh. I disagree with this take. Here in the 21st century a lot of NRx adjacent people have this belief that the tyranny of the clock is a new modern thing. Read some old books by tradesmen. I've got a book by a 19th century cooper. They got paid piecework, and they HUSTLED.https://twitter.com/AHelleneAuthor/status/1130830430943490048 …
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3/ Many of the same people who trumpet northern euro culture and values like hard work, forethought, conscientiousness, etc., also bitch and moan about the tyranny of the marketplace and the need to work hard / put in the hours.
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4/ Picture yourself as a peasant farmer in 1400 AD (or 1600 or 800 or 2000 BC, it doesn't matter). It's August and you're getting the wheat in. You're putting in 16 hour days. why? Because every day it stays in the field is a chance to lose it all to hail, locust, ...
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5/ OK, the wheat is in. Now you're chopping wood. Do you take a leisurely two hour lunch? Or do you keep working? Every time you think about a long break, you notice another orange leaf fall from a tree. It's going to be a long cold winter. Keep chopping.
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