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Originally Posted by silicon toad2000  I think work life balance is a product of capitalism. Before the whole industrial revolution and all that, work was the process of contributing to society but society was life. The contribution was shared among the society and all of the benefits were realised by all of the society. |
Capitalism existed since the dawn of time... for as long as we've had money. I'm sorry but I have to disagree that things suddenly changed with the industrial revolution. If anything we have more free time and benefits now than ever. If this was 1808 instead of 2008, you could work 12 hour days, no paid time off, no benefits, and no child labor protection.
An example of this still going on is the Amish: they shun most technology and they work from sun-up to sun-down. They don't worry about work-life separation because they do nothing but work.
Communism tried to create a new system, but so far it's proven unsustainable.