You're most likely correct; I originally started writing this comment to refute your statement, but found that my assumptions appear to be wrong.

Americans have the nearly the highest nominal and PPP income of OECD countries as of 2024, only behind Luxembourg, Iceland, and Switzerland [1].

India experiences substantially higher shelter and food insecurity and poverty rates than the United States.

However, tech workers in Bangalore are paid an order of magnitude higher than prevailing local wages in other sectors, at around ₹2M (₹20 lakh) [2]. Median annual rents for 2BHK (2 bedroom) apartments appear to be around 1/10th of that figure at ₹3 lahk in desirable neighborhoods [3].

It appears to be reasonable for a technology worker to be able to perform a sustained strike. I have never personally traveled to Bangalore, though I have lived in places where cost of living is under a tenth of median American income.

I invite correction by people with first hand knowledge about cost of living in Bangalore.

1. https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/average-annual-wages...

2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/median-te...

3. https://www.birlaevara.org.in/best-areas-in-bangalore-for-re...

No one (at a national scale) can afford to strike like that, except people who have an understanding of why they even more can't afford not to strike like that.

Can't afford not to.

And Indians can?

When India "shut down" for Covid, day labourers suddenly had no income, and no government support - they had to walk all the way to their home province (can't remember if the trains were even running).

But oh well, Uberizing employment means the run-of-the-mill American worker can also live like that in the future... progress!