The obvious historical comparison here is Nazi Germany, which pursued similar policies of suppressing labor (by eg destroying independent unions) in favor of capital to allow for investment and exports while still successfully raising worker's living standards. 
https://twitter.com/teortaxesTex/status/2007062460705153461
Mexico not growing much since 1990 isn't because it "knows its place," it's because Mexico, being a New World country, escaped the Malthusian trap centuries prior and thus already had high living standards [comparable to China today] befitting its human capital.
When you're growing at 10% YoY, suppressing worker's incomes rises to only 5% YoY (the Chinese situation for roughly 30 years) via eliminating unions, forced savings etc still makes for a massive and very fast rise in incomes.
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