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The problem is that "better workers" is usually defined by most companies as "smallest possible salary".

Isn't that how consumers behave? A "good deal" is usually finding the product at the lowest cost possible..which is usually made possible by paying people the "smallest possible salary" the market can bear.

Consumers like you and I are responsible for this.

Well, it seems like you are conflating two very different issues, but anyway, that's not how I behave, personally. I buy more expensive products less often, provided that those are produced in a humane way (e.g. no sweat shops or animal cruelty involved).

A "better product", in my view, is radically different from a "cheaper/cheapest product". The same goes for professionals.

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