>At 02:22 PM 09/30/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>>It's a real puzzle why the demand for a shorter work week has not caught
>>on
>>here in the US, >
>
>1) Because there's no large, organized labor movement?
>
Maybe it would be larger if it pushed for this.
>2) Because we're all "individuals" and feel that this "individualism" is
>threatened when we get together to fight for a common cause?
No doubt, but this is a idealist explanation.
>
>3) Because mindless overwork is easier than facing the "void"?
>
Waxing Heideggerian, are we, Joanne? Is the void less empty in France and Germany?
Have I told you that you are perfectly wonderful, brilliant, witty, and adorable, and probably beautiful too, though I have never seen you?
jks
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