I would argue that every one of these things came into existence not by the benevolence or common sense of idealists, but because somebody somewhere saw a chance to profit, like keeping workers satisfied just enough to distract them from tossing monkey-wrenches, etc. How great is public healthcare when it amounts to 2/3 of the population being over-medicated? Or public education, when so much of it boils down to indoctrination? I can't help but to see paint-jobs over catch-22s everywhere.
Yes exactly. If billionaires could abolish weekends and public holidays without risking a massive backlash, they would take it all away in a heartbeat. They would lobby to reinstate slavery if it would give them a risk-free competitive edge.
The only thing that these people cannot moralize is the stock price going sown.
