An idea from Das Kapital, Volume I

Owners can also get more without a longer day. Make the worker’s food and clothes cheaper to produce, and the paid part of the day shrinks while the unpaid part grows. The day stays at 12 hours and only the split moves.

From Das Kapital, Volume I by Karl Marx

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