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smallmancontrov • today at 2:45 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

Again with the backwards reasoning. The jobs weren't sent overseas because they were low-pay, the jobs became low-pay because they could be sent overseas. We know this because there was a time when they couldn't be and weren't. It's a stark case-study in labor power vs trickle-down: sacrifice the former and the latter will ensure that your slice shrinks faster than the pie grows.