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		ossobuco on June 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Greece introduces the six day work week I wonder what was all the progress in automation about then, just making a few capitalists richer while we regress to "generations ago"? The luddites don't sound so crazy anymore these days.

i80and on June 22, 2024 [–]

Badging the Luddites as regressive dummies was never historically accurate, but has been a highly effective anti-labor framing.

I've been glad to see more and more people rediscover lately their actual grievances.

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