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If the taxi cab companies can't make it on their own, they should go out of business. As a self-employed person, I shouldn't expect someone else to bail me out

by akulbe 10y ago

If the taxi cab companies can't make it on their own, they should go out of business. As a self-employed person, I shouldn't expect someone else to bail me out by their efforts. If I can't make it on my own steam, I close up shop. When this happens, it's unfortunate, and unpleasant, but it's a simple fact of doing business. Our parents and grandparents would balk and roll in their graves at the thought of this idea that someone else should shoulder the burden of bailing you out. What ever happened to the idea of (in the case of business hardship or failure) picking yourself up, dusting yourself off and starting OVER??

wutbrodo 10y ago
> Our parents and grandparents would balk and roll in their graves at the thought of this idea that someone else should shoulder the burden of bailing you out. That's definitely not true. People have been kicking and screaming (and regulating) against being obsoleted by technology since literally the beginning of industrialization, and even earlier if you broaden that to "obsoleted by a change in market conditions". The only difference between that and asking for a bailout is that the bailout happens later in the process.
- akulbe 10y ago
  Industrialization didn't end up with a net loss of jobs. It ended up with a change and retooling of jobs. This hasn't changed with the advance of technology. We just have to figure out the how, and where, and what of this change. You know... be resilient, like we are as humanity. That's not to say it's going to be easy, and I'm not trying to over-simplify things. It will be HARD, but it is POSSIBLE. One of the things I'm advocating for is to try and figure out the challenge yourself rather than ask for a bailout. Personally, I don't think that is unreasonable. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Information is plentiful for us. Probably not nearly as much for previous generations.
  - wutbrodo 10y ago
    I don't disagree with anything you're saying, except for the claim that our parents' and grandparents' generation took the obsolescence of job categories with noble foresight. They were pretty much just as in love with bailouts and protectionism as we are (if not more).

by akulbe 10y ago

wutbrodo 10y ago

> Our parents and grandparents would balk and roll in their graves at the thought of this idea that someone else should shoulder the burden of bailing you out. That's definitely not true. People have been kicking and screaming (and regulating) against being obsoleted by technology since literally the beginning of industrialization, and even earlier if you broaden that to "obsoleted by a change in market conditions". The only difference between that and asking for a bailout is that the bailout happens later in the process.

akulbe 10y ago
Industrialization didn't end up with a net loss of jobs. It ended up with a change and retooling of jobs. This hasn't changed with the advance of technology. We just have to figure out the how, and where, and what of this change. You know... be resilient, like we are as humanity. That's not to say it's going to be easy, and I'm not trying to over-simplify things. It will be HARD, but it is POSSIBLE. One of the things I'm advocating for is to try and figure out the challenge yourself rather than ask for a bailout. Personally, I don't think that is unreasonable. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Information is plentiful for us. Probably not nearly as much for previous generations.
- wutbrodo 10y ago
  I don't disagree with anything you're saying, except for the claim that our parents' and grandparents' generation took the obsolescence of job categories with noble foresight. They were pretty much just as in love with bailouts and protectionism as we are (if not more).