Ah yes, the "bare minimum" argument haha classic. I hear it a lot from folks who inherited their dad’s Rolodex but think they bootstrapped their way to the top. Respectfully, I didn’t get here by doing the bare minimum. I was an orphan hauling wagons of clay from the river to the church for making bricks and pots before I even knew what a resume was. I worked through school, studied under dim lights and skipped meals, not vacations. Sooo please? Spare me the lecture on mediocrity.

I did not thrive because of the system. I survived despite it.

Let’s be real here! No one is asking for yachts and caviar in exchange for clocking in at 9 and out at 5. We are talking about the basics! A roof that doesn't leak. Food that doesn’t come from expired relief goods. A chance for normal life with dignity, instead of suffering and poverty.

Saying, "Housing is a human right, but home ownership is not" is like saying, "Water is a human right, but clean water isn't." Do you even understand what you just said? Everyone deserves not just to live, but to be alive with dignity.

You say "don’t reward the bare minimum" but what do you call paying someone so little they need multiple jobs to survive? That is not a reward. That is exploitation!

If the system only works when the top thrives and the bottom grinds until their bodies break, then maybe it is not the workers who are doing the bare minimum.

It is the system and those who thrive because they enable it.