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Re:What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know not... by impossiblefork on Monday May 19, 2025 @03:57AM (#44027464)
It doesn't heartless.

You can, instead of paying for a housekeeper pay for machines etc. made in the country in question, thus creating technical jobs there that might develop people more than housekeeping does.

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Re:What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know not... by bluGill on Monday May 19, 2025 @09:35AM (#44029714)
The machines are more expensive than the housekeeper and the housekeeper doesn't have the education to make them.

In the US (and Europe...) labor is expensive so it make sense to have technical people design machines.

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