Benoit and psykkoman made great posts here that everyone should read. I live in America and I can tell you that the majority of Americans are very hard working people, especially those who have others depending on them (like fathers etc) who have to work extra hours to support their families.

However, if you can avoid work and still earn a decent living (like for example you live with parents who earn a decent income and you don't have to pay bills etc) then there is less of an incentive to work. People want to work when the desire for that reward at the end is greater than the stress and time.

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This brings up the idea of 30 hours a week work. Amazingly enough, early economists projected that today the average workday would be reduced to 5 hours a day/25 hours a week due to technology evolving. Little did they know that little has changed and the boring schedule remains in place

Guys do you know expression "bullshit job"? Belgian's post reminded me on excellent article of anthropology professor David Graeber He proposes idea that 75% of jobs we currently have are kind of work which is completely pointless.
Check here: https://libcom.org/library/phenomenon-bullshit-jobs-david-graeber It is quite long read, but I promise, really worth your time!

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