A startup ushered thousands of Indian women into gig work, for better and worse

Re:A startup ushered thousands of Indian women into gig work... by rayiner on Monday May 08, 2023 @12:45PM (#35863813)

Well MLK was a theologian, not an economist. Many countries have capitalism and never had slavery. And while they have a mindset that isn’t “Protestant work ethic,” it’s indistinguishable in relevant part. E.g. Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, etc. https://twitter.com/dnystedt/status/1558863974883823617

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Re:A startup ushered thousands of Indian women into gig work... by marcellus23 on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:19PM (#35864302)

> Many countries have capitalism and never had slavery

You ignored the second part of his statement, where he claimed that since slavery ended, capitalism has been propped up by the exploitation of the poor. Those countries may not have slaves but they do have poor people.

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Re:A startup ushered thousands of Indian women into gig work... by xyzzyz on Monday May 08, 2023 @03:23PM (#35865902)

All countries have poor people. The capitalist ones have fewest of them, because capitalism makes poor people wealthier, unlike alternatives, which make them starve and die.

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Re:A startup ushered thousands of Indian women into gig work... by unstuck3958 on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @01:47AM (#35870620)

> Many countries have capitalism and never had slavery.

Developed countries depend significantly on imports from countries with working conditions equivalent to that of a modern gulag.

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