I do not deny that our minimum wage is a big step up for some, as bad as it is here in terms of income versus cost f living. Global neoliberal capitalism has tentacles that reach quite far. That is why the slogan is "workers of the world, unite"

After all, if wages were not very low in certain other parts of the world, how would countries in the "developed" world exploit labor in foreign countries to keep prices low in their own markets?

It's a huge problem that takes different shapes in different places, and the fact that a lot of the most brutal exploitation takes place out of sight of the eyes of the American consumer is very deliberate

The "global south" pays for our comforts in blood and it disgusts me