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I genuinely don't know how to explain that the fact it requires an income of more than 21/hr to meet basic needs is all the justification that should be required.

Maybe if we stopped thinking of employees/contractors as "labor" and thought of them as people it would be easier to empathize with their needs. Do you think that your friends, family, and loved ones deserve a wage that meets their basic needs? Why shouldn't all humans deserve the same?

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It only requires that amount if you’re intent on living in the most expensive cities in the entire country.

Yes. All of the Uber drivers and other unskilled labor should move to Montana. That would be super helpful for those needing rides in SF.

Uber was never a career, it was a side gig.

How would you distinguish what job can be a career and what must be a "side gig?"

Sorry, are you not aware with the term "gig economy"?

Uber isn't a "gig" job for a lot of people. That's just marketing.

Or if you'd like to see a doctor sometimes.

That's not how capitalism works and that's not why companies exist. Companies pay you what you worth to them. A company is not a human, it doesn't care whether you have a family and are struggling or not.

The primary purpose of a business is to maximize profits for its stakeholders.

Then the answer is simple, if we want humanism in the way we deal with employees, than businesses that seek to maximize profits for their stakeholders should be outlawed.

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