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It depends on your point of view. If you look from the POV of low-level worker in a rich region it's nice that you earn 5 times more than a person doing the sa
by ajuc 4y ago
It depends on your point of view.
If you look from the POV of low-level worker in a rich region it's nice that you earn 5 times more than a person doing the same work in a poor country.
If you look from the POV of low-level worker in a poor region it sucks that you earn 20% as much as a person doing the same work you do exactly as efficiently in a rich region. And it sucks that it doesn't depend on your effort and efficiency. It mostly depends on how well the big buck industries work in your region.
This is the main reason I'm frustrated every time people post maps of "labor productivity per hour". With the implication that people in poor countries are inefficient and that's why they are poor.
- pydry 4y ago>If you look from the POV of low-level worker in a poor region it sucks that you earn 20% as much And if you pit a slave from an even poorer region against them then it sucks even more. They earn nothing at all while that worker from a poorer region earns money for work. Some people think that because of this their privilege they need knocking down a peg. >This is the main reason I'm frustrated every time people post maps of "labor productivity per hour". With the implication that people in poor countries are inefficient and that's why they are poor. I dont even see why this is controversial. Your efficiency would drop considerably if you moved to a 3rd world country and vice versa.
- ajuc 4y ago> Your efficiency would drop considerably if you moved to a 3rd world country and vice versa. Not necessarily. A barber in Bździszewo Kolonia earning 5 USD per haircut and a barber in New York earning 50 USD per haircut can work exactly as efficiently and do exactly as good a job. The main difference is in how much money their customers have.
- hgsgm 4y ago> Your efficiency would drop considerably if you moved to a 3rd world country and vice versa. Then why is clothing 10x more expensive to produce in USA vs Bangladesh? Why are iPhones made in China and India?