You are paid what you are worth, (most of the time.)

Nobody is saying a janitor should earn the same pay as a heart surgeon. Just that a janitor should at least earn enough to live on without hardship. Your entire post is just a ludicrous sweeping generalisation.

Well done for placing a value on human life and dignity. Presumably those who do not make enough to support themselves can morally be left to starve/freeze to death?

The heart surgeon's skills may be rarer than those of the janitor, but the former could not perform his job without the services of the latter. This is why a civilised society uplifts its weakest members.

Nobody is going to convince me that a factory labourer produces less worth than a hedge fund manager

Sure, there are elements of meritocracy but it's filtered through layers of cultural bias, political economy, hereditary advantage and luck.

Why don't they raise minimum wage to $100 per hour? We all want that.

So what if a fast food burger costs $250 and heart surgery goes to $5 million.

1. True but society also isn't entitled to siphoning off individuals either, unless of course you're advocating for socialism, communism, etc. And also (as you later indirectly admit in the comments) meritocracy doesn't actually exist when: A. nepotism is rampant across many industries, B. one must work both smart and hard to succeed, and C. anti-merit programs like DEI are implemented especially for jobs where people get paid a lot (white collar, C-suite, STEM, etc).

2. Minimum wage at least in America started out as liveable wage, although I'm not quite sure if that's the case in other countries. Your second point contradicts your first point but whatever.

3. Still contradicting your first point; maybe come up with points that aren't self-defeating?

4. Not exactly a voluntary agreement when we live in a society where almost everything requires money to use, and everyone from a young age is brainwashed by government, schools, media, etc., to become obedient work drones. I haven't even gotten into the philosophy and biology behind what makes an action voluntary, and I don't think I need to. It's illegal for an employer to not pay employees except when it comes to internships and co-op opportunities (again, at least here). I know you're using those exaggerated statements as examples, but many will perceive you as strawmanning.

5. You also conveniently left out (but you only mentioned it in the comments) that a heart surgeon needs to attend higher education, acquire regulated credentials, and have proper training before they can even get hired. You also seem to ignore that depending on where one is in the world, yes, a janitor actually can get paid more than a heart surgeon.

6. Wrong, other instances where one is paid way more than what they're worth are positions given out via nepotism, DEI, or other BS shortcuts in the workforce. I do agree with you on 1 thing though, is that minimum wage shouldn't exist because mass automation will eventually make old farts like you obsolete, with only those that have acquired the necessary skills to create, maintain, and innovate upon such technology to thrive. Maybe if fiat currency wasn't a thing, we wouldn't need minimum wage or welfare because then money would be extrinsically valuable (backed by gold).

you can earn more money in rich areas where there are less workers to do menial jobs, so gardeners ,cleaners carers can charge double the rate of somewhere else,supply and demand

...and that's why undocumented immigrants don't steal jobs. You can't steal a job from someone if they were never hired in the first place. Thanks for playing.

I'm not against minimum wage because some don't pay a fair wage. I'm okay with guidelines. I agree with number 2.

Precisely

Well said

Thanks, boomer boss 🤭

someone's mad at his own fate.

Either we are a socialist democracy and people are taken care of or not. Nobody thinks American people are a democracy or a society. They're the economic engine of killers and rapers of our ecosystem. Nobody thinks we can escape the ownership.

I'm not discounting your post, just though it funny that your SN is reason 10, but you gave 6 🤣😆

The right: I don't get why nobody votes for us anymore, it must be election fraud

Also the right:

I agree.

Still scratching my head over a heart surgeon cannot exist without a janitor.

Can't argue with this kind of logic.

That's why America is failing.

At least you admit that what employers really want is to be able to own slaves again

If you're job offering isn't able to afford the most basic of needs of a person than the job you are offering isn't worth creating and society doesn't need it.

"You're boss is doing you a favor. Your job is a privilege"

Yayyyy wage slavery!!!!