What people are missing (and may not even have been intended, but is true nonetheless):

“Pay them more” is what’s inside the box.

The box itself is capitalism.

Outside of the box is a world where you aren’t forced to sell your labour at a fraction of what it’s worth to make sure you have enough money to pay others for the means to survive (or end up like those they tell you simply “didn’t work hard enough”).

All these people saying we should just pay workers more, they don’t realise it’s part of a conveyor belt, if you start paying people more they’ll start expecting more pay every time work increases or you need them to work longer hours or travel further for their job. Once you start raising wages, before you know it you’ll be raising wages every year and don’t get me started on those people who ignore the ‘don’t tell your colleagues how much you’re being paid’ rule.

“There’s a PS4 in the breakroom!”

“I’m never in the breakroom long enough to play anything on it”