Debate: Should the minimum wage be abolished?
Side: No.

People will overstock on goods because everyone thinks everyone else will overstock on goods,A new level of stupidity, I did not expect that. Did you even think while writing it?Think about it, it only takes one asshole to walk into a grocery store and claim all the food for himself.Ever heard of police? Yeah, there would still be people who keep an eye on things. Especially on stupid acts by other people.So, to ensure each individual doesn't starve to death, everyone will over-consume as much as possibleNo they would not over-consume, because they would know that everything they need is a few minutes away, assuming they lived close to a shop like place.Also, since we're talking about food, people will literally kill each other over who gets the most.Again, no. You're getting this all so wrong. If there was plenty always available there would be no need, no point, for killing each other over the always available stuff.The Russians 'solved' this problem via the gulags. That is, hard labour camps where food rations were scarce and you were more likely to die working than meet the end of your sentence.There is no point bringing Russia into this. They had money and they used it. Making your point futile. Not to mention the leaders were and still are stupid.Of course the soviets also at least attempted to regulate distribution. If you let it be a free-for-all, people will starve to death en masse. It seems in addition to not understanding anything about economics, you also don't quite grasp the fact that human's don't want to die. Our kindness only exists to the extent that we can afford to be kind.Read what I have already said. What I am talking about has never, not once, been tried before, not really. There are no examples. All there is is logic, and according to that it would work.You simply cannot imagine it.Money can be one form of motivation, but any form of capital will do. My point was that if you separate labour from profit, people won't work as hard.Oh, now I see. You want people to work as hard as possible. Then yes, let's abolish minimum wage and let slavery commence.The motivation would be because it is necessary, it is needed. Because they are the ones who make everything work, whose job enables the continuance and advancement of the human civilization. If money was regarded as the motivation then you would literally be eager to do nothing in its absence.If everything is free, then working hard has no impact on my ability to survive. If you don't work then it would lead to ruin. And I have mention something about new values and education...I'll do my best because we're all in this together!That's not my thinking. That could also apply to serials killers working together, or anyone out for only their own wants and desires.My thinking is more complex and more accurate than that.You didn't work, you didn't eat.The same applies with money, you don't work you don't eat. Because if you don't work you won't get the money to buy food.That sort of policy is impossible to enforce on a large scale without letting the government control 80%+ of GDP (not that you know what GDP is...).Don't repeat being an idiot too much.Again your biased opinion, otherwise you wouldn't have said it.In order for a civilization to work and succeed there must always be some kind of government or control. If the government kept track on things how could that be a bad thing? Government keeping a track on things does not mean a bad thing, it does not mean there is no freedom. The new values and education and all that...Economic management? All right, who will manage everything and how will they manage it? this is your ideology, simply saying "someone else will solve these problems" isn't going to convince anyone of anything.The people whose job is to check the production, consumption, the use of raw materials, services, etc. You are so clearly biased.Companies pay minimum wage because the government will shut them down if they don't.Because if they didn't it would be slavery.(at least look up that term for fuck sakes)At least grow brains for fuck sake!these people are typically teenagers who don't need to pay their own way.And now you bring in teenagers. Ain't that just nice. Don't you understand that we are not talking about teenagers? We are talking about adults who have independent lives, who need to take care of themselves. How are they supposed to do that if they literally don't have the resources for that?This way, they can build up work experience and increase their human capital until they can get better and better jobs.Better and better jobs? What if some people like mundane jobs? Not everyone wants a classy office and secretaries to bang. Either way, that is no excuse to pay slave wage.This process can't even get off the ground if they can't find a job period.You are saying with minimum wage they would find no job? People want more money then current minimum wage offers, in many cases they won't even consider that part-slavery. If minimum wage was abolished you think they would accept even less than that? There is plenty of money to pay them for a decent life, as I've said many times. Or is slavery okay in your mind?