That's because capitalists and their government buddies realized they could underpay workers and brute-force them into settling for long, unsatisfying commutes that they absolutely hate having to do.

I'm willing to bet no one you work with looks forward to spending two hours or so traveling to work every day, either.

I'm assuming you weren't too happy about having to waste nearly four hours of your day in commuting though, which is the point of the article. People are satisfied with a commute of up to 30min each way, any longer and it starts to annoy them

I guess it’s ‘on average’ - I, for example, have managed to have a sub 30 min commute for most of my 20+ years career, and that on public transport or by bike. It’s been mostly by accident rather than design, but it’s been a massive blessing.