Because our servants should be as cheap as possible and not distracted with their own families of course /s Really though, we're on a website with mostly upper

Because our servants should be as cheap as possible and not distracted with their own families of course /s Really though, we're on a website with mostly upper middle class people, many of whom rely on cheap labor to provide their affordable luxuries. If that labor was paid the same as most of us are paid we'd have fewer luxuries. This is clearly unpopular with many people. I think secretly many people wish their baristas and cooks weren't paid at all so they could eat out even more. In fact, not that long ago a terrible war was fought over that very desire, so clearly it's an opinion popular enough nearly half the country was willing to die for it. So it's no surprise the idea lingers that some jobs deserve to be paid barely enough to cover the car and gas to get to the job. That big companies should be able to collude and prevent organized labor and suppress fair wages, while inflation eats away at the remainder. I mean, they're just standing in a hot greasy and dangerous kitchen all day next to a boiling vat of flammable oil. It's hardly worth the same pay as going to stand-ups and zoning out on the internet most of the day from the comfort of home.