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A lot of that extra hours is because of planned obsolescence. If products lasted longer, if products were repairable, less would need to be manufactured. If less needed to be manufactured, the less work we need to do.
I just commented something similar. These are the fruits of capitalism:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel
(or the grapes of wrath, as it were)
We really need a stakeholder centric economy and not a shareholder centered one.
The owners should be the shareholders, and the shareholders should be the workers. I think that makes sense. If everyone owns a stake in the company, it is in everyone's interest to work well. Who gives a shit about loafing and stealing from some anonymous corporate job where your wages don't depend on your contribution at all?