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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by tathougies on Thursday August 20, 2020 @05:57PM (#24229494)
Given that the industrial revolution in retrospect has clearly improved the lot of the entire world, comparing uber to the capitalists of the industrial revolution in attempt to castigate them is actually quite laughable.
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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by chillwaves on Thursday August 20, 2020 @06:35PM (#24229819)
Those industrialist were doing a great job of putting children in factories!
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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by logicchains on Thursday August 20, 2020 @10:06PM (#24231226)
Before that, children (and their families) were doing backbreaking labour on farms. At least the factories paid better.
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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by chillwaves on Friday August 21, 2020 @10:21PM (#24241035)
Yes, and they were also being exploited under feudal lords. I would hope we can make some kind of progress as a society beyond fuedal times.
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