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In such a laissez faire society, why would you "blame" the entity that employs them at some wage, instead of blaming the millions of entities that won't or don't employ them at any wage? You don't work at Walmart for minimum wage if someone else will pay you $10. How is Walmart the bad guy for being the private entity that is willing to give you a better deal than any other entity in society (including government which is also an employer)? How is it not the "fault" of the non-employers of the minimum wage earners that they make so little?
Because the employers benefit.
I don't claim that's necessarily a reasonable reaction, but you certainly ought not be as surprised by it as you are signalling here. If I'm suffering, Sam is ignoring my suffering, and Pat is benefiting from my suffering, it's a pretty common reaction to judge Pat worse than Sam.