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Bernie Sanders says that if AI makes us so productive, we should get a 4-day workweek (techcrunch.com)

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A.I. aside, we should get 4 day work weeks regardless.

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[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 46 points 6 days ago (24 children)

We are already more productive than any other time in history and we don't have a 4 day work week.

If we did get a 4 day work week, the owners would not scale our pay to accommodate for less hours on the job. 15/hr over 50 hours would turn into 15/hr over 40 hours, not 18.75/hr over 40 hours.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago

my favorite part of this comment is framing 50 hours like a standard work week

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