• @[email protected]
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    1302 years ago

    Wasn’t it seen as progressive and liberating at the time since it helped cement the existence of the weekend?

    • The Picard Maneuver
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      1002 years ago

      Yeah, this was unheard of before.

      Also, it’s been 100 years. Can we shorten it again?

      • justhach
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        212 years ago

        Right? We are literally in the 21st century, but still cling to the ideals and customs of the industrial revolution.

      • callyral
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        2 years ago

        weekend wednesday with saturday and sunday also as weekends

      • pragmakist
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        42 years ago

        Ford was innovative because he used the scientific method to find out how long the work-week should be from a factory-owners perspective.
        And then he set it to that.
        If you’re a cog in a wheel in a factory that is still the ideal work-week from your owners perspective, sorry.

        • @[email protected]
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          52 years ago

          Maybe working class people should have their welfare prioritized over the profits of capitalists. Just a thought.

    • @[email protected]
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      212 years ago

      Unions are the real reason we have anything as workers, we just give Ford the credit for propaganda purposes.

      • @captainlezbian
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        22 years ago

        Unions and threats. The haymarket affair was for this too and it’s anniversary is Labor Day in most of the world