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"No one is legally obligated to work for Uber. No one is threatening to do harm to anyone if they don't drive for Uber. If they don't like the terms of their em
by dusted 7y ago
"No one is legally obligated to work for Uber. No one is threatening to do harm to anyone if they don't drive for Uber. If they don't like the terms of their employment, they can just stop driving for Uber."
This is an interesting position. On the surface it even seems reasonable.
Just like "no one is FORCING you to eat that particular food, if you don't like it, just don't eat it".
Well, hunger might force one to eat a particular food, even if one does not like it, even if one does not tolerate it well. It might well be, that that particular food is that one available to you, and you might not be in a position to select another food.
Can you opt not to eat it, it it's what seems available to you?
I think we tend to forget that not everyone has the kind of choice we have.
- alexmingoia 7y agoPeople who disagree with having the fruits of their labor stolen and given to others (welfare), or prevented from laboring (employment restrictions like the ones for Uber), are well aware that people have different possessions, capabilities, and opportunities. They just don’t think two wrongs make a right or that the ends justify the means. They think the purpose of government should be to secure rights instead of violating them to benefit someone else.