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"Get the hell out of here!" — American cartoon (undated, ca. 1930) showing the '4 Hour Day' booting the devil of 'Depression' off a cliff.

Presumably published in one of the Industrial Workers of the World's newspapers.

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 33 points 2 years ago

1930: 4 hour work day

2024: 23 hour work day (South Korea)

[–] TimeTravel_0@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

I work 0 hours a day and i'm still depressed

:sadness:

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Psychological or economical?

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There was recently a law passed that made it legal

[–] Tunnelvision@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Honestly I would have to assume psychological considering limiting the workday to 4 hours legitimately slows down productivity.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think the idea here is another shift would cover the other 4 hours which would relieve unployment.

[–] Tunnelvision@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah you’re probably right. That makes more sense for sure.

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Was the word even used in a psychological sense in 1930? I'll research...

PS: Freud wrote Mourning and Melancholia in 1917, so it wasn't called 'depression' then.

[–] Tunnelvision@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I have no idea but that’s what it seems like to me.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

But it would allow you to hire more workers and lower unemployment and raise consumption, which is what the economy actually is

Probably would have helped a lot

[–] LGOrcStreetSamurai@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd much rather see a world were people were working 4 hours a day and depressed than a working 8-10 hours a day and being depressed. If depression (short-term or long-term) is a natural part of being a person, I'd much rather people be depressed and not have to work so much.

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure it's about The Great Depression rather than that

[–] LGOrcStreetSamurai@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

That makes sense. I should have put those context clues together.

[–] WithoutFurtherBelay@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

wait.. that would totally work, what are we doing (that’s rhetorical, I know it’s because capitalists need a reserve army of labor)