I agree. I am reminded of when I told SN that most primary teachers have been working under $50. I want to add it here that those who are working fo $50 dollars monthly are not forced into it. But they are actually working because they have so much free time. Most of them are unmarried or newly married women who have somehow completed graduation and are generally not enough capable of doing any other work. Even when I think about how I became a teacher in India for only $200 a month in 2007. I can confirm that it wasn't a forced decision at all. Because, I could teach higher classes, my wages went past $+1000 in 3 to 4 years. I had taught until last year and I never felt I was doing a wage slavery. So, I can only reject this.
It’s a very similar argument to “poverty traps”. Both make sense when people describe them, but neither seem to really exist in large numbers.
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Yes. With large number of people, there comes a necessity of doing work. Work isn't only done for wages. There can be many other motivations as well. Sorry, there are definitely other motivations than wages for someone who works. A person who doesn't need money, say he's already rich enough, should he absolutely keep laying down on his bed?
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