You sound like an out-of-touch elitist. Do you really not understand all this? Just out of curiosity, what do you and your parents do for a living?

> why not lower the average work week hours accordingly?

Because workers can get more money this way.

> this could be translated back to lowering the average work load of workers.

Yeah, but workers want more money, not a lower load.

> it just means that there is enough money to be earned

More money means more agents trying to earn them, which means more competition, which mean less profit.