&gt; The real problem isn’t Victoria, and it isn’t sucker culture itself — it’s the fact that going home after 8 hours is the new original sin.<p>Actually, this &quot;sin&quot; isn&#x27;t new - it has been around for a few hundred years. It&#x27;s the Protestant Work Ethic. It states that by working hard you can get into heaven. Not working hard is therefore a sin. It&#x27;s often translated into believing that it is inherently good that you should work hard for your family or for a good quality of life - with the emphasis more on the working hard than the ends. It&#x27;s often shown up when people comment about the laziness of other countries or cultures, or conversely about the goodness of hard working immigrants, etc.<p>It&#x27;s deeply entrenched within the origins of America, in particular.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Protestant_work_ethic" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Protestant_work_ethic</a>