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Re:WTF Happened in 1971? (2019) by rbanffy on Monday November 23, 2020 @01:26PM (#25189858)
Moving to a different geography for a substantially higher compensation. The same phenomenon depresses compensation everywhere, so chances are most people won't be able to find compensation that's enough to keep the family going.
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Re:WTF Happened in 1971? (2019) by DenisM on Monday November 23, 2020 @01:37PM (#25189988)
> As this would depress salaries everywhere, that's very unlikely.

This part of your comment was super confusing. So much so it seems better in reverse:

>As that's very unlikely, this would depress salaries everywhere.

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Re:WTF Happened in 1971? (2019) by rbanffy on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @01:36AM (#25195918)
The unlikely is that they'd find employment that's good enough to provide for the whole household elsewhere, because all geographies would be experiencing the same pressure.
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