This is what I mention when I'm covertly pushing "radical" ideas such as 4 day work weeks. We have all of these technological advancements - Why can't the workers see some of those benefits instead of them being funneled to the top in the form of extra profits?

Because the Greeks you hear about were the aristocracy. You don't hear how some estimates of the population breakdown were more than 80%-90% slaves.

Just like how you hear of the 300 Spartans, but not the several thousand Thebians, most of whom were slaves, who also defended the pass.

To be fair 1/3 of women don't die in childbirth, 1/2 of children don't die before they are ten, we have weed and booze they could never have dreamed of, freaken chocolate and aspirin, and you are highly unlikely to become a sex slave. It was paradise for a very small fraction of the population and rape/slavery/castration for the rest.

Still I could go for an orgy and some figs if anyone is in the mood.

The Ancient Greeks weren't actively trying to turn the strawberries in your fridge into a SaaS subscription.

…and then ordering their slaves to bring them another flask of wine

When I went freelance, it was hard not having a boss at first, now I'm totally into it. It took around a year for me to get everything to where I felt good about it. I think a lot of people don't realize that the uncomfortable feeling of not having a boss usually doesn't last forever. The people who liked working from home probably get it. We are taught to have bosses from a very early age.

And still half of us can't even afford figs

I mean the rich people are eating figs, on their yachts, on their way to their winter home, to go skiing with their family.

Yeah..

welcome to crapitalism

I mean, precisely because of that people indeed now do have fig orgies outside. Just don't count workers as people.

To be fair it’s like 30 degrees outside so the orgy might need to be postponed

WE BUILT THIS CITY

WE BUILT THIS CITY

WE BUILT THIS CITY ON GRIM AND TOLL.

capitalism, my comrade.

They also had slaves to do the manual work 😬

I use.my machine that can do the work of 100 people to make shitty jokes online.

Okay I like my work, can I just do that instead of orgies?

I don't think the people can sustain it