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Speaking of Servants and Economics: A while ago, I conjectured that Land Rent Theory doesn't properly factor in live-in servants, something I suspect would min
by no_identd 8y ago
Speaking of Servants and Economics:
A while ago, I conjectured that Land Rent Theory doesn't properly factor in live-in servants, something I suspect would minorly affect the mathematics of it. By how much on a micro-scale, I can't say, but based on this an the above article, a more macro-scale-economical thought follows, on a more interesting level of abstraction than 'communal land prices':
If we consider an area a given Uber-for-X service operates in, and given that the employees there finance their living within that area by working for those companies, don't those employees then map to them effectively becoming live in-servants of the entire group living within the respective areas of operations?
You know what live in-servants used to get called in some circumstances?
If you have an immediate answer to that question, you might want to think about whatever answer you immediately had at hand for a bit and how it got there.
And if not, you might want to think very hard about which message you've failed to notice here.
- golergka 8y ago> You know what live in-servants used to get called in some circumstances? Are these circumstances involve free will and ability to make decisions about one's fortune or lack thereof?
- Throwawayzoink 8y agoHaving the ability to choose between 0$ and anything more than 0$ ?
- jessaustin 8y agoThis is an ambitious rhetorical style. Most of us are probably going to fail your test and not realize it. Some of us will realize that the test itself is a heads-you-win-tails-we-lose pointless exercise anyway. If you are seeking to persuade, you could be more explicit.
- ABCLAW 8y agoSlaves. He's talking about slaves.
- thedailymail 8y agoI was guessing "serfs."
- analyst74 8y agoFrom that angle, Uber driver is no different than anybody who has not achieved financial freedom. We all are servants to the "opeartions", with freedom to change gig but not the freedom to not work. Do you know what people call these kind of people in some circumstances? working professionals
- buboard 8y agonot valid when the masters can also be live-in servants for the slaves (e.g. the uber driver can hire a freelancer to build a website for him, and the freelancer can hire the driver). Right now it s usually low-paying work that gets commoditized heavily, but over time it will happen to everyone.