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Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea (www.businessinsider.com)
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Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea::"A society where you only have to work three days a week, that's probably OK," Bill Gates said.

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[–] 78 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah no shit. The problem is that capitalism hates it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary and Denmark

    Each of which have about 2-4x union participation than USA, for example. Which indicates to me that they're doing a better job of keeping capitalism at bay, not that capitalism is more benevolent in those countries.

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