Like all movements, there's more to it than just the name - don't take it too literally: working for myself is the ultimate goal! And if I ever do find success enough to require employees, I could never imagine asking them to spend 71% of their week thinking about me and my problems. Maybe it's easy to daydream egalitarian - but I think we as a society can do better for each other.

Many of us work 40 hours in 5 days. There are 168 hours in a week. That's 24% of the week, not 71%.

I assume they're excluding sleep, which isn't unreasonable in this discussion.

Still no. 8 hours of sleep a day leaves you 16 hours a day, so 112 hours a week. 40 hours is 36% of 112. And, yeah, you could throw in commute time and get a higher percentage. It still wouldn't get you 71%, though.

What skersten did is 5/7 = 71%, as if any day you work on is totally lost to you for any other purpose.

A perusal of that subreddit is full of a lot of anti-capitalist propaganda and some obvious logical fallacies. I don’t think consuming that subreddit is very healthy or productive.

It’s not just hard, it’s unlikely to be successful because of how rare successful businesses happen.

Working 4 days a week at a stable successful company isn’t the same as starting a new business so that eventually you can work 4 days a week.

They are so unlikely, everyone else that didn't make it feels entitled to tell them how to be successful.

You aren't unhappy that someone else doesn't like working, you hate your job and have been trained to think that someone "wants it easier" and thus are a threat

Punch UP, not DOWN

I believe using guns to force everyone to make the same salary would lead to economic ruin, as it has everywhere it’s ever been tried. If you allow differences in wealth, then some will accumulate more. Over time, these differences become pronounced. Those with wealth identify new areas to expand their enterprises. They wish to hire the best employees. The employees they consider the best get paid more. And the cycle continues.

Your dream of doing nothing for money is unsustainable. I have nothing against free people choosing to work less, and free people choosing to hire part timers. Just don’t stop people from working harder and getting more than you.

I guess you work in farming? Because that's a whole lot of straw men you got up there.

isn't it already pronounced?

Then maybe the bosses & investors for those few successful companies deserve their profits after all.

Agree with your point well enough. I think a 4 day work week where bosses get the same amount of profit is the dream conclusion to this experiment.