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> A business which has to pay the mortgage on its factory can't just shut down and make nothing or the bank will foreclose. I believe here we might have the ca
by I-M-S 5y ago
> A business which has to pay the mortgage on its factory can't just shut down and make nothing or the bank will foreclose.
I believe here we might have the case of that old maxim "If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
> Meanwhile if Uber doesn't pay as much as you're willing to accept, you can go work somewhere else, or take a loan and go to college. It's extremely rare for one company to be anyone's only alternative to starvation.
The discussion revolves precisely around the fact companies collude, bringing the wages down to absolute minimal levels, i.e. it's not about Uber or any other single company - the problem is systemic.