>Tech companies now employ people, feed people, transport people, educate people, and now they house people. Pretty soon we'll be voting for which tech company

>Tech companies now employ people, feed people, transport people, educate people, and now they house people. Pretty soon we'll be voting for which tech company governs our society. More evidence that history repeats itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_scrip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_scrip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town We fought to get rid of this, man. People marched, rioted, and died for labor rights. It's sad that our current situation is so appalling that making your boss your landlord and mayor is seen as a reasonable thing to do. That being said, this company is solving a real problem that will impact real people. For all our political gesturing in these comments, at least there is a recognized need for change and some people are trying to use the system to fix it.