Comment of the week

We here at Zeitgeist appreciate insight. We also really like humor. So without further ado, here's our comment of the week: Dave, on the origins of North America's work ethic:

The work ethic partly derives from the people who colonized North America: the northern European Protestants, Calvinists, 'Stiff-upper-lippers' and puritans of all stripes. One does not start up a farm in Iowa or Saskatchewan without some appreciation for 'good old-fashioned hard work.'
Granted, the French had a toe-hold briefly, but the 35hr workweek for soldiers proved disastrous.