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by TimJRobinson 5118 days ago
Economies of scale, it's a lot easier to sell to 300 million people than 20 million.

Plus we have the 2nd highest minimum wage in the world (over 2x as high as the US, our welfare is almost as high as their minimum wage) and we live in an amazing country, so it all balances out.