> This would be true if the worker could fall back on a minimum basic income or some other humane way of surviving without the work.
We do, it's their family. Young people are (typically) still living at home, so most of their large expenses are already taken care of or greatly reduced.
There are exceptions, of course, but we can't fashion a society around exceptions.
> but we can't fashion a society around exceptions.
I genuinely don't see why not. And there are many people who are at or near poverty whose families are also at or near poverty. Or their families don't like them because they are gay or married someone of a different race or any number of things. I can sort of see this for young people, but lots of very poor people aren't young.
We do, it's their family. Young people are (typically) still living at home, so most of their large expenses are already taken care of or greatly reduced.
There are exceptions, of course, but we can't fashion a society around exceptions.