Can you interpret these sentences.
First of all, the issue of time needs to be considered. Friendship requires time to flourish: Aristote reckoned one and a half time bushels of salt needed to be consumed together before a friendship became solid. At the present time, many people regard non-working hours as family time, but little allowance is made for the time needed to build friendships. Ironically, for politicians to discourage people from working long hours could be counter-productive, since a third of us make most of our friends through work. What the decision-makers could do, however, is discourage the drive for commercial gain that squeezes conviviality out of the workplace.
Well‚ I got the meaning of a few sentences‚ the first sentence which tells us friendships needs time to be completed and thrived and also I understood the supposition of Aristotle but I didn't understand the second sentence completely‚ it was trying to say that at the present time specially our nonworking hours are considered as a family time actually the times which are given to our family when we are free of work‚ but little allowance of this free time is made for making friends or building friendships ‚Right? But I get confused with the rest‚ I think it is trying to say that politicians are trying to discourage people from working long hours but its not good because most of us make our friendships at work .and would you tell me the meaning of the rest "what the decision makers could do is discorage the drive...."
What does drive mean here and also squeezes and conviviality and counterproductive.
Thank you so much.