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Re:Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities... by kimbernator on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @12:22PM (#43986365)
It's really hard to see this as an improvement to publicly funded systems when there's not really any reason we couldn't have this in said systems.

This is yet another erosion to public ownership of infrastructure that will be lauded by hyper-capitalists as a good thing. This whole "enshittification" trend occurs because of the pressure to constantly squeeze a percent more out of consumers each quarter than the last. Why are we handing everything over to that? This service is -literally- guaranteed to get worse and/or more expensive over time.

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Re:Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities... by apsurd on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @12:34PM (#43986504)
The reason I run into when thinking on late stage capitalism improvements is: "People want the chance to be rich". We vote and support all this private ownership because we want to keep that window open that that owner could be us.

Renters bemoan their landlord and also they're reading how to invest in real estate, rent out an ADU, and run 5 airbnbs. It's always real estate for your average person to climb the wealth ladder.

I'm stuck on that reality, people don't seem to want shared resources?

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