They already tried this, during the French Revolution.
They did away with the 60-minute hour, the 24-hour day, the 7-day week, the 12 months. Everything became powers of ten. Out with the old, in with the new.
You can see how that stood the test of time.
These liberals. Ignorance is strength, indeed.
But but according to the author it was those damn Christians, mainly Catholics, who resisted the glorious rationality of the 10 day calender. Since we are now a post-Christian society we can easily jettison the 7-day week.
Going to base ten did make calculations easier.
It should be noted the French Revolution clock and calendar were part of the same “reforms” that included the metric system, which has been an enormous boon to science.
The USA is pretty much the only country that hasn’t gone metric at this point.