Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra...
by ur-whale on Friday August 21, 2020 @02:26AM
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> drivers tell me they want to stay independent
This whole business has nothing to do with the drivers, neither what they want, what's good for them or even what's good for customers.
It's about a class of politicians (unions and the leftist politicians they back/finance) scared to death to see their historical grip on power disappear because of a paradigm shift and who are using the people's goody-two-shoes knee-jerk reflexes to try and regain said grip.
This whole business has nothing to do with the drivers, neither what they want, what's good for them or even what's good for customers.
It's about a class of politicians (unions and the leftist politicians they back/finance) scared to death to see their historical grip on power disappear because of a paradigm shift and who are using the people's goody-two-shoes knee-jerk reflexes to try and regain said grip.