Realize, productivity for almost all work currently valued in the economy peaks at around ~20 hours/week.
What does this imply about the 40/45 hour work week, or the bloated abominations we find in e.g. Silicon Valley?
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It's almost like certain Marxist arguments about surplus labour may not be as spurious as certain social institutions would have ya think.
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The official capitalist mythos is that capitalism is about efficiency, productivity.
It's really only about rent exploitation. Productivity and efficiency are only valued when they generate profits.
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Lots of potential & actual problems with the second order inferences drawn by Marxist economists, but pretty hard to argue against this one.
How many hours a week do you spend performing busyness, with nothing to do? Be honest.
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If you can perform challenging intellectual work or heavy labour for more than 2-3 hours at peak efficiency, you're either a mutant or on drugs.
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