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minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·1 month agoAnd they just accepted that only a fraction of their babies would live to become infants, and only a fraction of their infants would reach adulthood.
minus-squarestray@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoAre you suggesting that the 40-hour work week has a causal connection with the infant morality rate?
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThere’s an indirect one. The 40 hour week is the result of strikes from unions that are the result of factories which are the result of the industrial revolution which also led to improvements in medicine that massively reduced child mortality.
And they just accepted that only a fraction of their babies would live to become infants, and only a fraction of their infants would reach adulthood.
Are you suggesting that the 40-hour work week has a causal connection with the infant morality rate?
There’s an indirect one. The 40 hour week is the result of strikes from unions that are the result of factories which are the result of the industrial revolution which also led to improvements in medicine that massively reduced child mortality.