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It’s amazing to me that the EU behaves a lot like the US in this regard. Same with Australia. I had no idea.


Well, it is still somewhat tricky to pick strawberries etc. with robots. There is R&D going on, but humans still win.

You need to take into account that income differences within the EU are enormous. Badly paid job in Germany still translates into very paid job in Bulgaria or Romania. That is why a lot of the seasonal workers come from the Balkans. Within a month they make enough money to live off for several months back home. No qualification needed.


Modern capitalism usually moves the capital to labor. But you can’t move sunshine or soil, so modern agriculture moves the labor to the capital.




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