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They could free up more time for leisure, however because this implies that productivity goes up per hour worked; the capitalist class would not really make as much of a profit if they just let their workers go home after an hour of work than they would if they made them use the technology for the same amount of time as they did before the technology existed and paid them the same wages as they made before

This is why pic related occurs, and why average real wages over time can decrease despite constant technological development