I think the context is what a human needs to survive.
Russian high school teachers are pissed because suddenly they earn only 150$ a month and are told to hang in there. Teacher and teacher are similar, but I believe the unionized teachers complaining are making only $4000 a month HAVE NO IDEA what it is like to live on $150.
Now we are getting into specifics of ONE of your previous points. And, this single point you made is multi-dimensional.
“I think the context is what a human needs to survive.”
No kidding.
About income example you gave, that’s shocking!
Then, consider that Russians, last I heard, had a flat income tax of 13%, paid by the employer, not employee.
Can tell you that’s a hell of a lot less income tax than Scandinavian countries, or Brits, or Australian employees pay - they can pay up to 40% (not their employer) - Scandinavian countries like Denmark can pay over 50% of their individual income. Equally, consider cost of buying a property, rent, basic living expenses in mentioned Western countries vis a vis Russia which on average is cheaper.
Some of the mentioned Western countries are worse than others for high individual income tax, yet offer no real “basic social services or benefits”. And, in certain industries are still heavily unionised. Bloody Commies!
U.S. market is huge and its economy is not even comparable to Europe, Russia or Australasia. It’s been developed over time too (WITHOUT SANCTIONS for misbehaving). So, Don’t compare apples with oranges.
On that note, got to sleep.. work day tomorrow.