Odd how two far-left publications are pushing a (frankly completely stupid and redundant) argument calling the 7 day week tyrannical and then pushing a system that is actually tyrannical. Imagine each year having the exact same days/dates. Every 14th would be a Thursday every year for eternity. This is the need to control every aspect of peoples lives. Well and of course the destruction of the Christian week per the Bible.
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Which is completely manageable by anyone who isn’t a complete moron. It is actually easier for a worker to have seven day weeks than no monthly pay because there are a set weeks per year versus days per year. The new system would be used to justify cuts in pay periods to a bimonthly system for workers. This system also would, more importantly, be used to completely wipe current holidays off the map. This is a communist wet dream.
I understand and agree with the point you are making here. Would you say something similar about an attempt to remove the daylight savings time system? The two seem similar in principle, but I'm struggling on how to explain. More on the side of changing things people are used to, rather than grasping for the deletion of cultural norms.
DST is honestly something that should be based on latitude, people in Michigan are far more affected than people in Florida, and a state variance would make more sense in that regard. This is similar to how we treat time zones which have been fairly easy for people in transition.
That's a good point about latitude, I hadn't thought of that.
Personally, DST seems like a hassle to cover up seasonal changes, with the intention of getting people away from thinking that they shouldn't be working when the sun is down.
It's an issue that I expect to be brought up less going into the future, as everyone uses their smartphone or other internet-connected device to tell the time of day. I'm still using normal clocks, so I often fuck up appointments because I forget it's time to change the numbers again.
Yes, and?
Do I need to give you the "it's a feature, not a bug" speech?
What's your issue with holidays? Tradition is something that means a lot to people. Special events give you excitement and good memories/feelings, things to look forward to, etc. They are a much needed change of pace.
Because by and large they were hijacked by brazen consumerism decades ago.
Better to end the public observance, give people a month of personal holiday each year, and let the people who actually do give a shit about this or that holiday celebrate as they will.
I'm Quaker. Holidays kinda aren't a thing for us.
So we just cancel it all because le consumerism?
Plus, it is easy for you to say cancel it all when you already are part of a group that is against it. That's like when lesbians say men are useless and we should all just eradicate men.
Before I say Quakers sound based, can you give me an example of a "subdued" (term from article) holiday celebration? For instance, what would a birthday or Father's Day look like?
It sounds similar to my personal stance, but I don't have the backing of community or religion. I mostly think forcing responsibilities of festivities into interpersonal relationships is in bad taste, and that adults should have the strength to choose when they'd like to engage celebrations. To put another way, focusing on a holiday to express something (often gratitude) creates the implication that you should hold back from expressing that outside of the holiday. Maybe I just feel like doing something for someone - saying it's because the calendar told me to cheapens whatever I did.
A good thing done wrong doesn't make the good thing suddenly a bad thing. You dont scrap the good thing, you just start doing it right.
Lol go create your utopia somewhere else commie
This originally WAS our utopia. Iowa was mostly Quaker in 1850.
Maybe if we hadn't sacrificed an entire generation cleaning up the founders' mess we'd still be the largest denomination in the midwest and people would say first day instead of sunday.