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[–] HrabiaVulpes@europe.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

250 USD is in my country about a daily wage of high-level specialist, I mean - top 5% of people who live from working.

63 USD is a minimal daily wage in my poor country.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Where do you live? Because your "poor" country's minimal daily wage is more than the daily wage of someone on the US federal minimum wage (e.g., $7.25 x 8 hrs = $58)

[–] HrabiaVulpes@europe.pub 1 points 2 weeks ago

Poland.

We are 9th european country by size and GDP, formerly part of Soviet Republics. We have smaller military, smaller economy, smaller population than USA etc. In fact I think our entire economy barely rivals some of the states inside USA. Our older generations (those who lived under communism) see USA as a shiny utopia where nobody is ever poor or unhappy, which caused several our post-soviet generations to emigrate as far west as they could.