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There will always be someone somewhere who will offer to do your work cheaper than you. I would much rather be paid based on skill than based on location. I think people should be able to make the case that indeed they are more productive than X people from Y location. If not, by all means higher the cheaper people and see how that turns out. For those middling developers who are adversely affected it would make sens…
> I would much rather be paid based on skill than based on location. And that is how societies, especially middle class, gets decimated. Look at what happened to midwest when The Capital discovered that chinese workers are equally skilled at manufacturing stuff at a fraction of the cost. Sometimes, you don't need skillset beyond a certain level to do a job. And I would rather have that job stay in my community to ens…
Look at what happened w/ workers in China and elsewhere in that same timeframe. It takes two to tango. Why don't mfg towns in China and Southeast Asia count as "strong communities" too? There are plenty of locally-bound jobs in any First-World country - most of those have well-developed service economies after all. But other stuff will just get done wherever it's most convenient.