It's here! Just in time for Labour Day! Tick-Tock!
I happen to remember precisely where and when it was that I had the idea to explore this topic. It was January 1st of 2023, and I was reading the book by Juliet B. Schor that I mention in the opening of the video. I had also read an article years earlier about Medieval French Peasants not working for 6 months out of the year. My mind was flashing back to that article as I was reading Schor's book, and the connection between those two ideas basically served as a backbone for my research. It's...disturbing that we're now in September and I'm still executing on an idea I had in January. Tick-Tock indeed!
This is also the video where I had about 15 additional minutes written on a topic NOT QUITE RELEVANT to the central point of this video, so at the last possible moment, in the final draft, I lifted that entire section out. I don't want to say what it was because in the future I may go back and do some additional research to make it into its own video. Not right away, but some day, perhaps. You've been warned.
I mostly don't read YouTube comments, but if anybody complains about the video being very political, let them know that history is also very political! And also that getting mad in the YouTube comments is cringe. And also that I don't care.
Anyways, ENJOY THE VIDEO! :)