“Things are worse somewhere else, therefore we shouldn’t improve anything here”

Or put differently, if we can't improve things in a rich society, how do we expect it to improve elsewhere.

Or, perhaps, help offer better options everywhere so that the tide rises?

India is notorious for paying shit money to people. When I started my first software job in India i was paid less than 4k$ a year, I lived in a slum and worked 60 hour weeks. I obviously did not have to pickup some one else’s shit. And I am not saying that America has a prettier picture but overall being on minimum wage in America/Europe is actually a little better than being on minimum wage in 3rd world / developing nations.