Yeah Japan wealth is so relative. I've lived in places where an apartment costs $70 a week so when my parents hear "they live on $200 a week" they imagine starving people doing slave labor...but then there are actually places like that too.
Americans make a lot of money and have to spend it all on insurance, healthcare and their kids education so they can't save anything with most jobs. Japanese can usually save money because the living costs are high but the salary is generally decent (except for English teachers lol 😿) and the middle class is larger than most places (anywhere I've seen).
This is why I think and I hope that the Nigerians, Venezuelans, Indonesians and other people with weaker currencies can really change their countries into something much better than what we have. It will take time and one individual can only do a tiny bit sometimes but it will allow for the culture to evolve for the better of people want that.
From there I hope we can build new projects and ways of life through the connections we build here. That is my ultimate dream for Hive, and if not Hove then whatever other platform we can best build it on. For now Hive seems like the obvious choice.
Yeah the cost of living in the US too is relatively high, that I know. But when I hear or see you write about living in Japan, I'm also thinking labour and well poverty of s sort but then if the economy of a nation is good and people can relatively earn well, then I think they can afford to spend.
In places like Nigeria the dwindling economy is the main reason why we have poverty and unemployment and even when u earn relatively well too, it doesn't allow you save or have an investment overtime due to inflation. So far, hive has become a really huge saving grace.
I think America will start moving in that direction too. I see many of my friends struggling despite having high salaries in comparison to some other countries, and actually the salaries aren't as high as Japan or some of Europe.
I sure hope it can help more people, not just with instant income, but with long term investment in the platform. :-)