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Re:Uber discusses plan to lay off about 20% of employees by TeMPOraL on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:17AM (#23017493)
> It is fine for consumers to look at things from a consumer's perspective.

That's just refusing to exercise personal responsibility. I'd hope an average consumer is capable of more than that.

People shouldn't assume the free market will somehow optimize for fair play, because it doesn't. The market quite directly optimizes for the things people (in aggregate) use to discriminate between purchase options; unless people vote with their wallets on the conduct of companies, you cannot expect the market to provide your conscience for you.

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Re:Uber discusses plan to lay off about 20% of employees by JimDabell on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:29AM (#23017571)
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Re:Uber discusses plan to lay off about 20% of employees by TeMPOraL on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:33AM (#23017588)
Fair enough. I'm sorry. I'll edit it out. To my defense, I assumed the phrase was overused in popular culture to the point that it doesn't evoke the Holocaust anymore, but I may have been wrong about it.
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