Which is worse than useless since it renovated the impetus to do anything else.

It’s like when you tell everyone your new years resolution and they all go “wow you’re really courageous, well done on turning the new leaf”. Your brain goes “ok, got my recompense for that, no need to put more effort in there” and bye bye resolution.

Been a long time gone, Constantinople

6 weeks paid holiday, compensation days for longer work week, protection from unfair dismissal, free health care, 3 months maternity/1 month paternity leave…

Not saying that there’s nothing left to do, but over the last 100 years things have definitely gotten better.

The real risk is forgetting that these things were hard won and that if you give people a chance they can easily be lost again.