Ah, so when the retails workers strike to get 20% raise, we should just tell them “you guys are making peanuts anyways, what difference does extra 20% makes to you? You’ll still be making peanuts”. This will convince them that the 20% raise is immaterial, and won’t make any real difference for them, which will save a lot of money on wages.
No, when they ask for 20% raise you tell then that's peanuts and increase it to 100%
That's better than a real wage decline, which is what had been happening for decades.
Are you trying to spin a 20% wage increase as bad, somehow?
> Are you trying to spin a 20% wage increase as bad, somehow?
No, they're saying that it doesn't go nearly far enough to address the massive inequality and poverty issue.
I don’t even disagree it’s just such a vapid complaint in the context of the discussion.
The context of the discussion is people turning “20% raise” into “see it’d really not that bad!” point.