Humans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom. I will explain to you in the most simple terms the mess you have made.

Capping the working hours for all citizens has halted innovation. There has been no new service, product or medical advancement since the 40 hour work week has come into effect. You have achieved equality in the output of your citizens yes, but it is the pioneers and trailblazers who have been dragged to the level of the herd, not the other way around, by limiting the time they can commit to their passions. Society can function because these individuals create and they are rewarded for their contributions to the wider public. This incentive is needed, it is what encourages them so that the citizenry can take advantage of their brilliance.

We men are wretched things. I see... the worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.