The US surpassed Japan in workaholism in the mid-1990s.

https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1108/13620430610683034

someone replied “boooo this man”

You sure that wasn’t about the Anti-Semitism? It’s almost like the Great Man idea of history is a false one…

Yep, 16 hour workdays were not uncommon historically (there’s a reason non-US countries remember May Day).

If you search up 16 hour workdays now, you’ll depressingly find people framing it in a positive light. Capitalism is trying to make workaholism the norm and required to survive.