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Offline redrumloa

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Re: Science Fiction, 1892 style
« on: January 20, 2005, 09:08:23 PM »
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WHAT HE GOT WRONG
+ A society of leisure where people work less than ever


Wrong? he got that right! The average workday for a commoner in 1892 would have been 12-16+ hours, 7 days a week. Today it's ~8 hour with a 40 hour work week.
Someone has to state the obvious and that someone is me!