Originally Posted by nico-t

everybody is conditioned to the core that the hours we spend working is 'normal'. When you say or think otherwise, you're seen as a weirdo, slacker, idiot, etc... Because that's how everyone has been conditioned to think since birth.

Now think outside this mental (and literal) prison for a moment.
The lower class people have always been slaves to the higher ups. As centuries and decades went by, it was proven that slavery doesn't work - people rise up, because they know and feel they are slaves.

The bossman/slave relationship has since evolved:
The maximum number of working hours people can take without questioning it/burning out evolved to what we know now as the 40 hour workweek.
The balance of 5 days work and 2 days were formed.
These hours and days are the perfect blend of getting maximum result out of people with the least amount of resistance. Gradually formed through hundreds of years of trial and error. Leave people with just enough free time to recharge (weekend) to work again for 5 days, but with just too little to think about what the hell they are doing (the big picture where we're talking about now). During the 5 days work people also don't think about this, because these hours are perfect to tire people, let them watch tv, don't think about anything, and repeat it all the next day.

The hours and days you and I see as 'normal', are far from normal if you look at it objectively like this. It is in fact the most efficient modern slavery system to date, that's why it's still being used.