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Threads like this one remind me just how different the US is from Europe. It's astounding to think that it was even possible until now for delivery apps to oper

by st1x7 6y ago

Threads like this one remind me just how different the US is from Europe. It's astounding to think that it was even possible until now for delivery apps to operate in this way, or that this is somehow a controversial issue.

wasdfff 6y ago
Thanks to the lobbying system, most laws and regulation in the US serve to protect and enrich moneyed interests beyond all else. If something is actually collectively beneficial to the wider populace, its a happy accident. Politics in the US make much more sense when understood through the lobbying lens.
- carapace 6y ago
  Yeah there was that infamous study: "Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens" https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-poli... > Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.
Jenda_ 6y ago
Maybe I don't understand the issue correctly, but several services exist in .cz that you call, tell them „I need X from shop Y“ (any shop, incl. food) and they will go there, buy it and deliver it. I don't think this should be forbidden (yes, I get potential quality complains mistakenly directed to the restaurant, but you already have the same problem with any external delivery service or reseller...). Example of such service (they even have an English website): https://idodo.cz/en/products/dodo-courier/ https://idodo.cz/en/products/dodo-courier/ (of course the impersonating issue is different)

by st1x7 6y ago

wasdfff 6y ago

Thanks to the lobbying system, most laws and regulation in the US serve to protect and enrich moneyed interests beyond all else. If something is actually collectively beneficial to the wider populace, its a happy accident. Politics in the US make much more sense when understood through the lobbying lens.

carapace 6y ago
Yeah there was that infamous study: "Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens" https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-poli... > Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.

Jenda_ 6y ago

Maybe I don't understand the issue correctly, but several services exist in .cz that you call, tell them „I need X from shop Y“ (any shop, incl. food) and they will go there, buy it and deliver it. I don't think this should be forbidden (yes, I get potential quality complains mistakenly directed to the restaurant, but you already have the same problem with any external delivery service or reseller...). Example of such service (they even have an English website): https://idodo.cz/en/products/dodo-courier/ https://idodo.cz/en/products/dodo-courier/ (of course the impersonating issue is different)