Quite a thought provoking post......!
With time wealth gap is certainly increasing. The wealthy are getting wealthier.
I thought of something when I read the post. Aside all the factors associated with working hours mentioned in this post, there is one more factor and that is unemployment. When there are more applicants than the job the owners take more work from their employs otherwise they have a threat of losing their job.
Yes, so as automation takes jobs, the employers have more leverage and can force more work - though, I suspect that there will be a lot of "busy work" getting done too.
😔😥....
I heard someone saying.... more luxuries more problems