> But referring to it with the "living wage" mindset, we set about blaming employers for being evil, instead of fixing the broken housing policy. Not really, m

> But referring to it with the "living wage" mindset, we set about blaming employers for being evil, instead of fixing the broken housing policy. Not really, maybe you have the connotation between "living wage mindset" and "blame employers as evil". But as an American living abroad in Switzerland, where a strong currency exists but is undesirable, no federal minimum wage exists, no local minimum wage exists (except in 1 Canton), and labour is well represented in the political economy (>50% workers under coverage of various Collective Bargaining Agreements), it's clear there's a lot of wiggle room where things are not black and white, where we could try to push for a culture that both respects the commons and community as well as individual freedom. This different mindset and culture is why a "livable wage" works here despite the lack of regulation and without workers demonizing employers and vice versa. I don't think such a mindset could be adopted by most Americans but it certainly shows there's no reason for a black-and-white mindset of "livable wage advocates" == "employer haters".