For example: Why are all those great engineers working for FAANG or other big tech companies although we know that they have some of the lowest morale standards when you see what they are building?
It's not because there is some higher purpose in their work, but because it pays well. The people need this money to keep going on with their lives.
There's a strange dependence going on: If you want to live in the bay area, you'll likely have to work for one of those companies with questionable ethics, because otherwise you can't pay your rent, have no medical insurance or what not.
And I think this is not only limited to tech in the bay area but probably a problem all over the US because some basic social security systems are just not present.
If I'm getting sick tomorrow, I will get my full loan for the next 6 weeks (paid by my employer), after that I'll get somewhat around 70% of it for as long as I'm well again (paid by public health insurance). And it won't cost me anything more or less whether it's a cold or I lost half of my body parts and need to be stitched back together again.
Why does something like this not work in the US universally for everybody?
What's deeply "wrong" with the people in the US that something like "Obama Care" (I think that's what it was called in the media) is hated so much?
