But as far as not working 40 hours a week... I suppose you'd like UBI and the European model?
What you both are getting at are hard topics for most people to handle, mostly because of modern society's scams, the money printer, stolen labor through inflation, propaganda and "immigration." That is, it's just like the (over)population boom and dysgenics, which effectively created a silly life and chaotic, gynocentric society. What happens in those? The above average men are scammed, expect more because of their harder work and productivity, and they are locked out but are actually objective quality in a way the grunt worker never was, but expects more.
Of course, the grunt worker always expects more, but largely this type didn't have or get much, ever in human history. If his family was lucky enough to get into the USA from 1900-1980 roughly, he might have had a top quality life for his added value, historically speaking.
My point is that in the scam economy of corporate and Chamber of Commerce lies, working harder and longer only makes sense in the context of a family that you are working for
with a good wife (and kids). That's a very rare reality, if we're honest. As such, one should be an IC and/or entrepreneur, or find ways to get capital to invest. The problem with most people, and it's only important to point out on a thoughtful forum like this (because it'll never change), is that they either can't or won't stop consuming and be disciplined enough to save and invest, which is the literal life hack. It's also why women shouldn't have ever been any large(r) portion of the workforce; it causes too many dislocations and problems.
When you realize that only like 4-5 hours max per day are productive for most 8-5 or 9-5 workers, you realize the whole thing is just a rat race and hamster wheel system to keep people on the treadmill until it's too late. How many people are even in good enough shape to use money after 65, truly? Not many, it just becomes an old person's "psychological" benefit if they even have anything, thinking they need it when they don't. I see and know all sorts of people from age 70-90 that literally do nothing but worry about stuff all day long. Many of these currently have 100s of thousands to millions, and they are probably also the MOST supported by the government, which is another funny manifestation of clown world.
All in all, my point here is to recommend everyone to do your best to work sparingly and invest in assets, which gives you max freedom and the best tax treatment. Unless your life is "over" (I don't mean this in a bad way) and you have a family and can afford routine, and you want to get out of the house all day for obvious reasons, the dumbest thing you can do is be a cog in the system. I say this recognizing few have the will and the IQ/talent to pull it off, but I do believe that there should be a class of at least 10-20% of guys that do it, or try it. It's especially the case in "richer" developed economies, because those places currently in the world have the worst women and no reason to work, and those guys don't need really much more than like $60k/year to make ends meet anyway, as a "bad" year, which will be fine overall. What's the point of having a lot of money anyway if you can't even get a reasonable/behaved woman to make your life better? There isn't any.
