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by pessimizer 1611 days ago
The more educated people, the more educated people doing menial tasks for other people. Menial tasks have to get done.
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And they end up getting done by people themselves, in much of the developed world.
No, they end up getting done by armies of gig workers.
The vast, vast majority of Americans are doing their own laundry, house cleaning, gardening, and driving.

I know quite a few households in the $200k+ income, and no one has a driver, everyone does their own laundry, and only a few have a house cleaner come by every couple weeks.