That's what I thought until I got a union job that did 4 10 hour shifts a week. The work days didn't feel much longer, but that 3rd day off a week made it possible to plan short trips any weekend I wanted without needing to take time off work. It also did wonders for my mental health to have a day off every week where I wasn't recovering from, or thinking about going back to work.

That's a fair assessment and I agree with your prediction at the end. I think the problem is that, in the meantime, there massive real-world harm being done to people by these practices that have potentially generation spanning consequences (much like redlining).

In my area of the country (mid-south), home prices were pretty low until the last couple of years. I bought a 3000 ft² house in 2020 for <100k in a city. Now, a similar sized house is going for >500k. A lot of homes were bought by individuals and property management companies who did some cosmetic renovations then raised rents sometimes by >200%.

Other properties are bought and left vacant on purpose to make sure the renters don't have other places to go.

I understand the sentiment, but email is a necessary part of modern life and not everyone has the luxury of paying for it.