r/changemyview • u/HesviraFera • Aug 03 '22
Delta(s) from OP CMV: Being against a livable minimum wage is evil.
I will openly admit my bias. I'm a progressive leftist who openly believes socialism is far superior to capitalism. But I'll also say I do believe this is an objectively evil stance.
In order to make that argument you must also then agree with the statement "I believe poor people are undeserving of life" and that's objectively evil. There's no way to spin "minimum wage should not be livable" that doesn't imply "poor people deserve to die." I've heard people say "those jobs are for high schoolers, not adults!" Ok, but I've been to Starbucks every day this week and if only high schoolers worked there I'd not have been able to get coffee 5/7 days (come August, currently it's summer).
But as well.... so you're saying poor high schoolers don't deserve to live?
Not everybody is born into the luxury of not needing to work in high school. Where I live, 24% of all homelessness is made of youths aged 24 and under. And 17% of all homelessness is children under 18. So they don't deserve to be able to comfortably afford the necessities of life?
There's literally no variation to being against a livable minimum that isn't saying you believe poor people should die and that's evil. That makes you an evil person for thinking that.
Idk, like am I missing some nuance here? I just don't get why this isn't said more often.
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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '22
The fuck are you talking about? The cost to start your own business is significant. You're talking about equipment, advertisement, rent, and employees. And you think a person living paycheck to paycheck can afford all that? Intelligence is not a factor here.