Yes and no. What puzzles me is that people seem to have to work more and more to make ends meet. Our parents could finance a home and family with one earner, now both parents have to work. Social welfare is always under attack (speaking of Germany), which doesn't seem to make sense - why could we afford these things a couple of decades ago, when today the industry should be much more efficient? We should have an easier time than our parents, but do we?
I feel that some force is trying to extract as much work from "us" as possible, sometimes even selling it to us as a liberation. I am not even sure if it is a conspiracy or just human nature or what not. However I found it interesting that apparently 40h work weeks were established because industrialists noticed they yielded optimal output. That is already that principle: squeeze as much work from workers as possible, so in their spare time they have no energy left to produce, only to consume.
I feel that some force is trying to extract as much work from "us" as possible, sometimes even selling it to us as a liberation. I am not even sure if it is a conspiracy or just human nature or what not. However I found it interesting that apparently 40h work weeks were established because industrialists noticed they yielded optimal output. That is already that principle: squeeze as much work from workers as possible, so in their spare time they have no energy left to produce, only to consume.