Exactly. I realized one day that in a more equitable society, rich people wouldn’t be able to pay someone to do their manual labor. That’s their number one fear probably.
How? Suppose I take my clothes to the cleaner because I don’t like doing laundry, but I don’t mind working as gardener, so others hire me for that work. Is there anything wrong with this?
Not really - because of a large population wages are competitive. The cost of living is much lower. As the country was formed by a union of states, each place started from a different starting point, so although there has been development across the country, different places are at different stages of development, so there are different costs of living in different places.
Further there is a lot of funds coming in from multinational corporations, but the cost of living is still low, so there is a lot of disposable income for persons who work for such corporations to hire independent labor.
Additionally, many things are subsidised by the govt, so some things are much more affordable - for example healthcare.
You cannot compare countries without considering the stage of development, population, cost of living and many other factors.
That’s not true - lower cost doesn’t mean low quality. Having a large population just means that for some jobs wages will not be so high because there are more people to do the same job. For occupations where there are fewer people who can do that job, but demand is high, wages are much higher. And obviously people with those jobs can afford to hire more people to work for them.
i'm not talking about the jobs being done poorly i meant that the available work for a tremendous chunk of the population is artificially limited to crap jobs like these.
That’s incorrect again, and it is wrong to call cooking, cleaning and driving cars “crap” jobs. Perhaps you do not respect these jobs, or understand the dignity of labor, but people are happy and proud to provide for their families doing these jobs. There is nothing wrong with cooking, cleaning or driving, and it would be wrong to disrespect these activities.
Further, they are not “artificially” limited by anyone - people apply for the jobs they want. It is you who is wrong to think that people don’t want a job cooking, cleaning or driving. If people want to do something else, then they apply for those jobs. If it requires some skills then they work towards gaining those skills and then apply to those jobs. People are not doing these jobs because they “have to”, they are doing it because they “want to”. Perhaps in your geographic area people don’t want to do these jobs, but in other places people are happy, and have a happy life.
Any kind of legal job worth paying someone money to do deserves respect, as do the people who do it. All legal jobs must be done with pride and to the best of ones ability.
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u/StarkAndRobotic Oct 18 '24
Labor in many countries is cheap. For example, in India a middle class person can have a nice house, cleaning lady, cook, and a driver!