[devnull3]

> Accepting low wages isn't a 'sacrifice' that is eventually repaid

It is not a question of being eventually repaid. It is to survive to fight another day. There are countless examples of how first generation immigrants (across all ethnicities) have to struggle and sacrifice so that they can provide the foundation for the next generation to thrive.

This is the mode Brits will have to enter into unfortunately.

[impossiblefork]

If they sacrifice, they sacrifice by not consuming, surely, not by accepting lower wages. This is perfectly consistent with the picture of putting all your money into tutoring for your children etc., because that is in fact not consumption in the ordinary sense but something investment-adjacent.