moresocialism

Airbnb had an unfair advantage: They used craigslist to get many of their first customers and prove the concept. This took technical knowledge that many business owners might not have.

Craigslist has since closed this loophole. If you notice, all messages sent between posters and users go through the craigslist servers, so they can not only watch for this sort of thing, but stop it from happening.

About 10 years ago, I started a business based on data mining. I built it into around $1,000,00/year in revenue and it lasted roughly 5 years before the industry changed, profits massively decreased, and I moved onto other business ideas.

Was this an unfair advantage? I think so. Nobody else was doing it at the time and it took lots of technical and industry knowledge to pull off.

This is the age of the Internet. Now that the technology is here, it can't really be stopped.

Craigslist. Wages in Canada aren't that good compared to the US though. I remember getting a remote offer from a company in Toronto that was about 50% below my current salary..and this was only last year.

There are some firms in Silicon Valley outsourcing to Canada.

When it really comes down to it, it's corrupt governments that create an environment where people are poor and desperate. Mostly because businesses aren't really interested in the risks involved.

Nobody cares about fixing this though. They just think throwing money at poor nations will somehow bring people above the poverty line.

Many countries in Africa are a good example of this not working.

We also perpetuate the issue through massive donations because local industries can't compete with free and the citizens become endlessly dependent.

This sounds like a great opportunity to buy real estate. These protests won't last forever and it will be business as usual within 6 months.

Take out the middleman. Go to Africa.

The problem is that what constitutes politics? Guns shouldn't be political, who you have sex with shouldn't be political...but in our current climate, they are both considered political.

..and no debating? Most people at Google are shades of left. It sounds like they are just trying to drown out dissenting views once again.