> Because otherwise he'd be paid $0 since it'd be cheaper to manufacture the car somewhere other than China. I asked the exact same question to my then boss ma

> Because otherwise he'd be paid $0 since it'd be cheaper to manufacture the car somewhere other than China. I asked the exact same question to my then boss many many years ago on why Chinese software engineers are paid far less than American engineers. His answer was almost identical to yours above and we all know what happened in the last 10 years.