How are benefits derived?

From a worker's perspective, all benefits seem to be won through struggle—but that's merely the surface. The essence is that after several cycles of overproduction, weak sales, and sharp price corrections in capital markets, society realized it must proactively raise workers' wages so they have money to spend, thereby driving market demand and enabling capital appreciation. And having money alone isn't enough—workers also need vacation time, so they actually have the time to spend it. After further rounds of exploration, raising welfare was only one side; the other side? Leveraging, commonly known as taking out loans—spending tomorrow's money today.

Has human nature become kinder? No. It simply discovered the other side's utilitarian value.