The idea that everyone deserves a living wage from their employer has its heart in the right place but is wrong-headed. The reason is twofold: employers will attempt not to pay a living wage anyway, and it ignores the unemployed
The better goal is to say that everyone deserves an income sufficient to make it possible to buy the things they need in life, even if they aren't employed. The best way to do this is with a robust welfare state, or a UBI. If you could survive just fine in perpetuity without a job, many people would choose to stay home and play videogames unless the jobs available to them made it truly worth their while.
The better goal is to say that everyone deserves an income sufficient to make it possible to buy the things they need in life, even if they aren't employed. The best way to do this is with a robust welfare state, or a UBI. If you could survive just fine in perpetuity without a job, many people would choose to stay home and play videogames unless the jobs available to them made it truly worth their while.