[Sciolist]

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forced down our throats? why dont you look up some productivity/hours/gnp/vacation stats, and let me know if its "propaganda"

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Economics stats and whether a people are lazy are not the same thing. There're laws in place in some European countries that restrict how much you are allowed to work. That was voted for by their people. You could say that they voted that way because they are lazy, or you could say that they voted that way because they do not want to spend all of their lives at work.

Of course, if your definition of lazy is "does not want to work all day", then I don't argue with you, except to say that I think lazy is a good thing by that definition.

I don't have numbers at hand to back this up, but I am pretty sure that Europeans are increasing their productivity each year faster than Americans are, despite these laws.