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I assume the original poster was exaggerating for effect.

That said, there is probably some wage at below minimum wage at which people would be willing to work. That wage would, imho, be very exploitative, but it would have a very high chance of happening.

The difference in bargaining power between employers and low-paid employees is astounding — astounding to the point that a true floating point “market rate” would be tough to describe as a living wage.