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I think the point they are making is that the Bay has been descending into anarchy for a long time but it is only when a famous rich person dies that we are mak

I think the point they are making is that the Bay has been descending into anarchy for a long time but it is only when a famous rich person dies that we are making an uproar about it.

bombcar 4y ago
People have been making an uproar about it (go back years on any story on HN involving "housing (costs) in San Francisco" and you'll see it) - the uproar is louder because the people inclined to dismiss/ignore the problem can now be confronted with an example of 'someone like them'. > The report said at least 50 gig drivers for companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash had been killed while on the job in the United States since 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/business/uber-lyft-driver-deaths.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/business/uber-lyft-driver... Nobody cares about gig workers getting killed, for example, it's just noise, because it doesn't affect those who are not gig workers.