Industrial Britian had an enormous activist labor movement. A slew of left wing thinkers and agitators emerged from the British academic scene, including Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Ghandi.
Yeah because of how mega capitalist it was
How are you defining “Capitalist Country” if you ignore all the socialist policies a country has implemented?
Worker ownership of means of production, usually. Let’s say Eastern Block, China, you get the picture.
You’re not really giving any actual examples of automation shortening the work week in socialist countries here, unless a socialist country for you is the UK in the 70’s and unless automation for you is a maoists uprising against landlords.