severus_bro

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by severus_bro 11y ago
The Chinese worker loses because instead of participating in a functioning labor market (like the ones in US, most of Latin America, East/West Europe, etc) his only choice is slave-like factories. The US worker loses because he loses h
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by severus_bro 11y ago
The problem is that they (US corporations and local elites in the developing countries) haven't built a global labor market. Rather they built very large pipelines into the US labor market. This means that workers in a country such as
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by severus_bro 11y ago
Looks like you are in a tight situation regarding income/expenses. If I were you, I would try really hard to switch markets. Here's one scenario - you move to the US, and become nurses, both you and your wife. After a few years, t
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by severus_bro 11y ago
I don't think Amazon and the other corporations perceive this as a broken system. It looks like they want/designed it like this.
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by severus_bro 11y ago
They don't have chronically overworked employees. They simply burn them out and then replace them with newer/younger workers. I think the NYT reported that the average tenure of an Amazon worker is 1 year. Just let that sink in
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by severus_bro 11y ago
I think there are good ideas in your comment, but you are also skipping some key points. A worker doesn't "inherit" the market his company is operating in, so the competition and profits to be had in that market don't au
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by severus_bro 11y ago
Places like Harvard and Yale used to educate the elites themselves, but no more. Today the elites are the billionaires and hundred-millionaires who own the country's capital. Harvard and Yale educate the people who work directly for th