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> They do quite legitimately earn 4x as much because the work they are doing is worth 4x as much

A London taxi driver is not paid more because his work is somehow more valuable than a Beijing taxi driver's, it's just because everything in London is expensive. That's just basic economics. Read an economics book.

How did everything in London get so expensive? Read a history book about the last few centuries.

Seems like you're just some typical western chauvinist with no real argument.




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