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You make a lot of good points. I also might've not made myself as clear since I am at work ATM and trying to type while in-between things.
I fully agree that you should pay someone what they're worth. Just that's the thing. I personally know people who are too lazy to lift a finger and want a office job where they do basically nothing and still expect $20 a hour and if they gotta do anything more it's $50 a hour.
Some people are not a willing to trade their full efforts in return for that pay they desire. Me being one of them, but I at least still do my job and show up to work. I just do my job slower.
That's why I bring up the fact that mom and pop shops can't pay the same. A small shop might pay you the higher price, but if you then don't do the work and they have to hire someone else.... then you're not really WORTH that price. Are you?
Ok, what kind of bullshit attitude is that?
You don't want to pay people, because some people are less motivated? Yeah, that's your problem as a business. Give them a reason to work hard or stop complaining.
Mom and Pop can't afford to pay proper wages? That's their problem. If other businesses can afford good salaries, why can't they? Maybe their business is simply rubbish.
Think about what twisted Stockholm syndrome you're expressing here. Capitalism is once, for the first time in decades, on the brink of actually increasing the wealth slightly for the workers, and all you can contribute is "yeah, but then capitalists can't properly fuck the workers over and that's just really unfair to the businesses".
You're not wrong, but we could flip it around. There are probably just as many companies that don't put in 100% effort either. They sell you a product or service and once they have your money, they really don't care if it meets your expectations.
Why am I expected to give up my holidays and weekends to be a team player, but when a company doesn't bend for customers or employees it's just "Hey, that's business!"?
Businesses don't have the right to exist, to them it is a privilege.
If they can't improve society, then they should just go bankrupt.
You won't even get me to show up for 20/hr in 2023. If an employee can make that shit pay work for them the business owner should be doing backflips to keep them happy.
Look at where you live, then look at where I live. I live in the middle of nowhere. It's cheap living and everyone gets cheap pay unless you work off shore. Even as a tile installer I only made $16hr... it's not high pay.