• magnetosphere@fedia.io
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    7 months ago

    If this meant that Uber was actually investing in the U.S. passenger rail system, then I’d cheer them on. It doesn’t, though, so Uber can continue to suck my ass.

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      7 months ago

      Ride sharing and micromobility services are great and the future. It is more sustainable and convenient.

      I don’t get why some people are mad about it.

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        7 months ago

        Probably because of their shitty business practices in an ecosystem that already has strong class oppression

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        7 months ago

        Because Uber spends money actively fighting against paying the people who work for them a living wage.

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          6 months ago

          If these people had any leverage or unity they would get what they want. When these “fighters” are weak and unable to bargain for the wages and conditions they want all they have is whining about “uber bad”.

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            6 months ago

            Hard to union when they are contractors with no direct way to communicate. Not to mention the company “contracting” them can just stop servicing the areas where the union talks are cropping up.

            Is it possible? Yes. But extremely unlikely unless a major player in the union world steps up and pours in a shit ton of effort.

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              6 months ago

              True. Hopefully they unionize more and get more leverage and get better wages at some point!!

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        7 months ago

        As a general concept, I don’t think you’re wrong. However, Uber in particular is problematic. They’re greedy, exploit their workers, and threaten municipalities that try to regulate them.

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          6 months ago

          That is public company 101. They answer to their shareholders to make maximum profit.

          “Ohh no why is uber so evil wanting to make as much money as possible”

          That’s every company 😆

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            6 months ago

            Odd that so many people here are implicitly defending all other companies like Nike, Apple and McDonald’s… as long as it’s not Uber exploitation is ok or something?

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        7 months ago

        The future of burgerland, maybe. There’s no space for cars in a civilized world.

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          6 months ago

          I heard a lot about burgerland and their carcentrism, but even they are not as carbrained petrolheads as USSAians.

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          Car ownership and use is prevalent in every developed nation. Even Netherlands and other places with good city planning.

          This “future” you speak of will never exist

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            6 months ago

            “Hurr durr, there’s polution in every nation. A world without polution will never exist”.

            “Hurr durr, there’s slavery everywhere (0 BCE), a future without slavery will never exist”.

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              6 months ago

              Seriously though cars are here to stay in some capacity. Trains aren’t good ambulances.

              When people push such absurd idealism all it does is make the more sensible approaches to sustainable trasit systems harder to argue for because everyone has already written it off after seeing people getting wild

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              Yes a world without dildos, bananas, murder and war will also exist because some unqualified withful moron said so on an online comment board.