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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

In many parts of Europe, it’s common for workers to take off weeks at a time, especially during the summer. Envious Americans say it’s time for the U.S. to follow suit.

Some 66% of U.S. workers say companies should adopt extended vacation policies, like a month off in August, in their workplaces, according to a Morning Consult survey of 1,047 U.S. adults.

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[-] markr@lemmy.world 160 points 10 months ago

Approximately 50% of voters will vote for a political party that views any such reform as communism.

[-] Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 52 points 10 months ago

It's actually quite a bit less than 50%, but their votes have a bigger impact because of a broken system.

[-] markr@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

sure, but effectively they deadlock the system and prevent any structural reform. Also, national polling currently has close to 50% of the voting population supporting a trump second term. We can't even get the Democratic Party to support universal public healthcare. The ideological delusion, the willingness of the people to support a system that makes their lives anxious and miserable, cuts across both political parties as well as the general population.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago

We’re heading through a dry county, and for political reasons it’s a very long, narrow county. So I cannot serve alcohol until we’re through.

-King of the Hill

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

So much this. We have an antiquated and ridiculous system that gives the regressives far, far too much of a voice.

[-] PlantbasedChe@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Socialism is a very nice son of rationalism. It is time for a review

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