> Altruism has nothing to do with it. Should we never allow businesses to fail, or how exactly would you propose to solve the problem? Your strawman doesn't ha

> Altruism has nothing to do with it. Should we never allow businesses to fail, or how exactly would you propose to solve the problem? Your strawman doesn't have any relation with the issue being discussed. You original argument was that increasing production costs in a sector to a point that would bankrupt some employers and force their employees out of a job wouldn't be a bad thing if that meant other employees within the sector could get raises. We're not talking about protectionism. We're discussing the implications of your proposal and how it would affect workers within the sector by forcing them out of a job. Forcing those workers out of a job has a significant impact on their livelihood, and as it was already the best option they had then those who would have lost their job would not be better off in any way or form.