[RIMR]

Expecting a living wage from a full-time job, especially when you're working for one of the most profitable companies in the country headed by the wealthiest man on the planet, isn't a "handout mindset".

You'd have to be an absolute doormat to accept poverty in exchange for your full-time labor. "Get a different job" isn't the solution here, because there is clearly a massive demand for jobs at Amazon, and those jobs should pay people fairly for the work that they do.

[bpt3]

Define "fairly".

[anigbrowl]

S/he did in the first sentence. Please don't engage in this sort of verbal aggression.

[bpt3]

They did not. If you're referring to "living wage", that's not an objective or widely accepted metric.

Please don't jump into conversations and chastise people for no reason, especially when you're incorrect.

[anigbrowl]

It's a widely discussed, easily understood, and thus popular yardstick, both among economists and the general public. I think you know this quite well. This isn't high school debate club and barking orders at people like 'define fairly' isn't clever, just rude.

[bpt3]

So you've decided to unilaterally determine my intent and tone, appoint yourself the arbiter of behavior, and inject yourself into a conversation to double down on your incorrect stance (from Wikipedia: "Due to the flexible nature of the term 'needs', there is not one universally accepted measure of what a living wage is...") and lecture me about rudeness?

I'll pass on continuing this conversation, thanks.