Why do Europeans and Americans work so little but live comfortably?

First, the labor cost of Europeans and Americans is quite expensive. For example, China takeaway brother only earns 2-3 yuan RMB at a time, and Europeans and Americans disdain to do it. In the United States, it costs $50 to ask someone to lift the table, and $200 to visit new york by means of transportation similar to human tricycles. Whether it is a construction worker or a street sweeper on the construction site, the monthly salary may be higher than that of white-collar workers, and even the salary of cleaners in California subway stations is higher than that of pilots.

Second, the agriculture in Europe and America has been fully modernized, while the agriculture in China is still in a fragmented situation. American farmers account for 3% of the total population, but they can feed all Americans, export a lot of agricultural products, and control the global agricultural product prices. The agricultural population in the Netherlands is less than 0.02% of the world, and the cultivated land is less than 0.07% of the world. The Netherlands is the world's largest exporter of potatoes and onions and the second largest exporter of vegetables. The productivity and efficiency are extremely high, and the currency in the hands of Europeans and Americans is very valuable, and agricultural products are worthless.

Third, European and American countries have mastered high-end manufacturing and earned excess profits, which makes developing countries far behind. European and American enterprises can make huge profits, but we can only rely on labor-intensive enterprises like Foxconn to solve the employment problem. How can the gap be small? In the high-end manufacturing industry, mask aligner in the Netherlands is world-famous, and 100 million units are not allowed to bargain. Selling it to you will give you face. In addition, the price of Apple's mobile phone increases every year in the United States, while the China OEM only earns a fraction, while the profit made by Apple's mobile phone in China accounts for more than 60% of the mobile phone price.

Fourth, European and American countries have always wanted to spend less, make more money and live a comfortable life. This can only be achieved by increasing investment in science and technology. So many people in Europe and America have won the Nobel Prize. The strategic intention of these countries is to gradually form a technology monopoly through technology accumulation in various fields. All that remains is to lie down and earn money from developing countries. In China, we don't pay much attention to the investment in high-tech R&D. Huawei is the only company that has entered the top 50, while the R&D expenditure of Korean Sansan is 65.438+0.34 billion euros, ranking first in the world.

Europeans and Americans do work less, far less diligent than China people, but life is very moist, mainly because the labor price of Europeans and Americans is higher than our income. At the same time, Europe and America are highly developed in agricultural products and high-end manufacturing. So prices in Europe and America are low and people's incomes are high. What is even more frightening is that European and American countries invest huge amounts of money in the field of science and technology every year in order to occupy a leading position in technology for a long time. They have gained the ability to produce high value-added products, while we can only do labor-intensive and low value-added jobs, and the income and treatment are of course poor.