But I don't believe that every job should provide a livable wage. I think that's silly. I think there should be - that there are - jobs of convenience that are not important enough to the job provider to be worth that much. And if we insist that every job should pay enough to live on, that those small jobs will simply disappear.
They haven't in Australia, simply because jobs can be part-time, and people who are self-employed are not obliged to pay themselves any particular rate. If I want to charge someone $1 to wash his car, I can. In practice, the minimum wage acts as a sort of benchmark for the self-employed. I have a guy come every 3 months and wash our windows and mirrors, he comes with his wife, it takes them an hour, plus travel, plus cleaning gear, etc.
Americans tend to wail and moan about the idea of a decent minimum wage and social welfare net, and proclaim loudly that putting it in place in the US would lead to economic collapse and social chaos. But it has not done so in other countries. In fact, Australia has a lower unemployment rate than the US, and stronger and steadier economic growth, with no recession for a quarter-century.
Obviously, change must be gradual. Immediately doubling minimum wage would of course destroy businesses. But raising it over 10 years or so wouldn't. Likewise any other change people think good, like a better unemployment benefit, or a UBI, or a carbon tax, or whatever. Business adapts to change, it's just sudden change that hurts.
You are not unique and special snowflakes, sorry. You'd be fine.