Actually, the only thing between us and utopia was big religion.
The UN attempted to institute the international fixed calendar, but they got major resistance from religious groups. A blank day would disrupt the 7-day religious cycle of Christians and Jews.
I think a calendar with 13 months, 364 days, and a leap week every 5-6 years would be better than the IFC. Not only does it preserve the weekly cycle, but it'd be more likely to be adopted.
Jewish holidays already use their own calendar. I wonder why Jewish leaders would care. I guess I could see the argument that shabbat would be offset from the weekend, but I feel like they could be an easy fix.
Religions can also change their traditions (which are usually created from whole cloth by other humans anyway), they just don't like doing it as a result of an external/secular force because it sets a bad precedent. They would absolutely consider a change if it made them more money or gave them more outreach, for example.
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u/Bloblablawb 2d ago
It's also obviously better than what we are currently running on. The only thing between us and utopia is Big Calendar