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Re:Uber's billion-dollar losses expose the fragile state of ... by Frondo on Friday September 16, 2016 @06:06PM (#12517712)
It's because the "sharing" economy is catchier than the "capitalists extracting value from the few remaining resources owned by the middle class" economy.
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Re:Uber's billion-dollar losses expose the fragile state of ... by nathanaldensr on Friday September 16, 2016 @07:51PM (#12518230)
That's exactly right. It's nothing more than an appeal to emotional, idealistic people--a distraction. Judging from some of the comments in this thread, it seems to be working quite well.
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Re:Uber's billion-dollar losses expose the fragile state of ... by bmmayer1 on Friday September 16, 2016 @07:52PM (#12518240)
How about "the middle class recovering value from resources they have historically overspent on and were unable to monetize"?
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