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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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[–] susurrus0@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

Something you should understand about the 4-day workweek.

From the studies conducted so far we know it seems to increase overall productivity. Which means companies, or at least some, would make more money if they implemented a 4-day workweek. So then you may ask yourself: why haven't they? Don't they want to make more money?

Not necessarily. It all comes down to relative wealth. A 4-day workweek would benefit them, but it would benefit regular people more. And so the divide in wealth/power/quality of life would shrink. So technically they'd be richer, but they'd feel poorer, because we'd get closer to their level, even if by just a bit.