TheOneWithAReallyLongName on Nostr: That's a false equivalence, though. A minimum wage isn't the right to some money. ...

That's a false equivalence, though. A minimum wage isn't the right to some money. It's not even the right to a job. It's a restriction placed upon business to restrict their ability to exploit the imbalanced power dynamic that is inherent to the employer-employee relationship. It's a statement backed by force of law that if you want someone to devote a large portion of their time towards your profit margins, you must pay them at least enough to cover the basic needs that would acrue over that time.