Sorry, but: first, the usual criticism is that the one who claims has to show some proof, unless it's commonly accepted. The parent comment didn't. It just says "it's A or B", excluding the viability of every other option. Your criticism is better directed at that comment.
Second, look at Western/Northern Europe, or if you really insist on making this a US-only discussion: look at the period following WW2. It is possible to pay a living wage and to build a social safety net for the unemployed. It just requires the political guts to regulate the market.
Third, you can't just go around making absurd, polarizing comments and demand to be corrected in detail.
I'm not talking about anything other than your comment which was downvoted when I saw it (and check, yup, still downvoted). That comment just says, "nope" -- and doesn't add anything to the discussion, just "nope." Since that comment was saying that the option is not just a binary A or B, you can change the value of the comment from negative (as evidenced by negative votes) to positive simply by engaging slightly further and saying "It is not just A or B, for example C". I'd be surprised if the comment was downvoted then.
I think you are maybe reading more into my reply than I ever intended to put into it. It is a meta comment about a comment.
That's pertinently false.