▲ 121 ▼ Raising a child in the US seems hellish compared to India (hexbear.net) submitted 2 years ago by iridaniotter@hexbear.net to c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net 50 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://nitter.net/debarghya_das/status/1735855939197276367 In India, your servant cleans your house, your servant drives you around, your servant cooks food for you, your servant ties your shoes... community 🥰 I can't think of one other person who doesn't appreciate these luxuries! Wait, what do you mean "proles are people"??
[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 57 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) 40k a year household income would put you in top 1% in India. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 41 points 2 years ago* (2 children) People, like the OP in the twitter post, really don't understand how exchange rates and super exploitation work, and just think you can compare 40K USD income in the US, to 40K USD in the global south. This goes both ways too, many people from the global south want to immigrate to the west thinking that earning dollars or euros is magical even if it's some minimum wage job, without considering how much more expensive everything is there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net [S] 29 points 2 years ago The OP is in a superposition of acknowledging that $40k in India is equivalent to hundreds of thousands in the US, and pretending that it's a regular, maybe middle class income permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago This goes both ways too, many people from the global south want to immigrate to the west thinking that earning dollars or euros is magical even if it's some minimum wage job, without considering how much more expensive everything is there. True, though many of them also know that the cost of living is higher but they want to live extra frugally and send back their savings to their families at home where an extra $1k a year would actually be transformative. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 41 points 2 years ago* (2 children) People, like the OP in the twitter post, really don't understand how exchange rates and super exploitation work, and just think you can compare 40K USD income in the US, to 40K USD in the global south. This goes both ways too, many people from the global south want to immigrate to the west thinking that earning dollars or euros is magical even if it's some minimum wage job, without considering how much more expensive everything is there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net [S] 29 points 2 years ago The OP is in a superposition of acknowledging that $40k in India is equivalent to hundreds of thousands in the US, and pretending that it's a regular, maybe middle class income permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago This goes both ways too, many people from the global south want to immigrate to the west thinking that earning dollars or euros is magical even if it's some minimum wage job, without considering how much more expensive everything is there. True, though many of them also know that the cost of living is higher but they want to live extra frugally and send back their savings to their families at home where an extra $1k a year would actually be transformative. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net [S] 29 points 2 years ago The OP is in a superposition of acknowledging that $40k in India is equivalent to hundreds of thousands in the US, and pretending that it's a regular, maybe middle class income permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago This goes both ways too, many people from the global south want to immigrate to the west thinking that earning dollars or euros is magical even if it's some minimum wage job, without considering how much more expensive everything is there. True, though many of them also know that the cost of living is higher but they want to live extra frugally and send back their savings to their families at home where an extra $1k a year would actually be transformative. permalink fedilink source parent
