Right? We are literally in the 21st century, but still cling to the ideals and customs of the industrial revolution.

Ford was innovative because he used the scientific method to find out how long the work-week should be from a factory-owners perspective.
And then he set it to that.
If you’re a cog in a wheel in a factory that is still the ideal work-week from your owners perspective, sorry.

weekend wednesday with saturday and sunday also as weekends

i think 4 days work week is being tested on many places. would be cool if it becomes a norm.

Unions and threats. The haymarket affair was for this too and it’s anniversary is Labor Day in most of the world