I addressed this in my comment.
Most people earn enough to live, and would do if they worked 20 hours less, it's just sucked away with various zero sum games like rent.
Imported goods make up a fairly small fraction of the average person's budget with the exception of stuff like, a German car say.
This is precisely what "cost of living" is; in higher competition areas, everything is more expensive.
Re:People Simply Empty Out (1986)
by andrewflnr on Thursday August 15, 2019 @09:45PM
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Considering that the original question was "gosh, what could we possibly do besides 9-5?", not much imagination is required.
Re:People Simply Empty Out (1986)
by AnimalMuppet on Thursday August 15, 2019 @10:43PM
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Perhaps not. But saying, essentially, "you go figure it out" is a really lazy response. "You're stupid for not figuring it out" is even worse.
And, for most of us, "less hours" is going to equal "less pay". How do you imagine that we should deal with that? Or do you imagine that the corporations (or the country) are just going to pay us anyway?