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baggy_trough on Aug 20, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rideshare operations are being suspended in Califo...

Why do you assume good intentions? It's more likely that this law was the result of campaign bribes from unions.

Unions want to have fewer (unionized) people employed at higher compensation. Gig workers go against that because there is higher employment at lower compensation.

sergiotapia on Aug 20, 2020 [–]

"You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money, and you don't know where the fuck it's gonna take you."

bl0b on Aug 20, 2020 | | [–]

(Quote from character Lester Freamon from The Wire)

Seasonwreckage on Aug 20, 2020 | | [–]

well said.

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