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I think all of the hyperbole around slavery is massively disrespectful to actual slavery, which still exists in 2022. An Uber driver is not a slave. But I do a

I think all of the hyperbole around slavery is massively disrespectful to actual slavery, which still exists in 2022. An Uber driver is not a slave. But I do agree with you on everything else. I think that companies who want to hire contractors, should treat them as such, and not as employees for which they can reap the rewards of a contractor classification.

andrewflnr 4y ago
Slavery is an existence proof for the general principle, not a direct comparison to Uber. I made clear reference to higher standards we could also choose to draw, that would be more relevant to gig work. I think I made it pretty damn clear I'm not opposed to gig work in principle. Don't ask me to compromise my arguments for some wooly notion of "respect" that's violated by the bare mention of slavery in a context that also disusses less horrible things. That makes everyone dumber. Of all forums, on HN I feel I ought to be able to make a precise logical statement, meaning no more or less than I said, and be understood correctly. I like to think that most readers did, and the commenters (you less so, I'll grant) trying to draw obviously stupid conclusions from my careful wording are the minority.