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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think China, Japan, and South Korea are all worse. It's no surprise their birth rates are plummeting, they are all very stressful cultures.

That being said, I think the top 10% of American households are far wealthier than if  they lived in Canada, UK, or EU. It's the price we pay for lack of worker protections and safety nets - easier to get hired and salaries are much higher. Though for middle class and below, it seems way better to live in these other places.[/quote]

Japan and South Korea require lots of face time.  They don’t actually accomplish more than someone fully engaged for 8 hours, they just know you have to stay until 9 or 10pm and you spread your work over those extra hours.  This is why worker satisfaction is so low, but nobody can manage to break the culture.

China is actually working crazy hours, but there’s a reason US and China have created new global companies in the last 30 years, while Korea and Japan haven’t created any and it’s still the same stale brands like Hyundai or Sony or LG.[/quote]

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