The thing is, most rich people are rich from hard work... A society where hard workers make as much as lazy people is doomed.

Take a honest look at the wages those who actually work hardest receive, and do another meme. By working hardest, I mean something uncomfortable, tiring, and in some cases, take your whole life and health away...

You check those wages, you see if these people are paid any more for a job that not necessarily everyone shoudl accept money for, should they know there are other some other forms of "work" which will pay more and kill you less.

wasn't there some fuss about paramedics getting similar wages to fast food staff?

the last two jobs i've worked, i've received the same hourly rate, give or take a few cents.
currently i stock shelves: push a trolley to an aisle, unpack boxes, return empty trolley + what won't fit, rinse and repeat.
previously i sampled and measured woodchips, operated/maintained/cleaned machinery (not power tools but lathes and grinders), i sharpened industrial knives, mechanically and chemically stripped chrome from hydraulic rods and resized the finished product to near perfect.
and for almost a third of the hourly rate of those last two jobs, i've also worked outdoors on landscaping and conservation projects, planting, weeding by hand and with chemicals, putting up rural fences, installing garden beds in local parks and creating a walking track.

does this seem balanced?

True, but this is even more reason why we shouldn't raise the amount of money cashiers and McD's make.

... The ..."logic" being?

Ikr those activists are annoying