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Because in other countries, McDonalds is considered an actual job with a decent wage and vacation time, and workers have organisations that seek to educate them of their rights and to act as a disciplinary body that fucks companies like McDonalds in the ass if they infringe on those rights.

Uber may be similar, where outside of the US they can't pull the same "contractor" loophole stuff to avoid treating their drivers however they want. I'm pretty sure in some countries, Uber drivers are legally recognised as employees of Uber, meaning that Uber have to act in accordance with labor laws and worker's rights.

It also helps that because corporations aren't entirely fucking working class people in the ass the way they do in America - at least, not yet - people are more in a position to save money due to reasonable rent and healthcare services that don't bankrupt them. They also tend to get vacation days, meaning that they can get paid while they're visiting the USA.

This idea that America is the greatest and most free nation on Earth doesn't mean jack shit when your working class are working to make rent for 60 years before they retire with pennies in their pocket, while anything above middle class is sitting on a warchest of generational wealth, cushy jobs and more political influence than they should have. For most of the US, you're free to eat shit and die, and that's about it. At least in countries with "socialism" like affordable healthcare, labor unions and worker's rights, we get weeks of paid vacation leave at a time and the freedom to go wherever and do whatever we want.