The ethics issue is that many viable people die in the attempt for a “success.” Then all the rest of them are either “permanently” frozen or thrown out.
Exactly. If we paid $100 an hour to pick lettuce. We would be turning people away. Heck I would be out there picking lettuce.
But lettuce would cost I don’t know $20 a head.
Pay $7 an hour and you have few willing to do the work.
Somewhere between $7 and $100 is a solid number that will attract good workers happy for the job. The price of lettuce will reach its appropriate point.