Machines Could End the 40-Hour Week | Richard Wolff
August 25, 2025
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as posted by the channelWe’ve been promised for centuries that technology would give us more free time. The truth? Workers today put in just as many hours, often more.
In this clip, Richard Wolff explains why under capitalism, technology never saves workers time, it only saves capitalists money. But in a worker-run economy, tech could cut the workday in half and give us back our lives.
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