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by ur-whale 2845 days ago
We're not talking about individual preferences, but about country-size statistics here.

And statistically, my bet is that most folks will put their dislike of the US in the backseat when offered a 4x wage increase.
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pjmlp 2845 days ago
Not if they know that they will loose their 30 day vacation, paternity leave, health insurance, 40 hour week, unions support, ...
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ur-whale 2845 days ago
Which they won't, if they pick the right company, in a place where the market, rather than the government, dictates what kind of benefits a company can offer.

>30 day vacation, paternity leave, health insurance, 40 hour week, unions support

And thank you for providing yet another (or rather a whole 5) perfect explanation of why it's darn near impossible to innovate in Europe.

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pjmlp 2845 days ago
We have lots of innovations without capitalists abusing our worker rights.
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ur-whale 2845 days ago
>We have lots of innovations

We're getting down to faith-based reasoning here.

> without capitalists abusing our worker rights

Dude, you sound like the little red book.

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