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The sick and disabled greatly value the advent of delivery apps. Not all who use them can reasonably "just pick it up yourself".

squokko 3y ago
What did they do before DoorDash?
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- SoftTalker 3y ago
  Meals-on-Wheels or similar volunteers/charities that deliver meals, groceries, and essential supplies to the disabled and elderly.
kiba 3y ago
If the economic of delivery apps are unviable in the first place, then it's unlikely these services would exist without the funding of venture capitalists.
skhr0680 3y ago
Someone at the top should be paying for that, not someone at the bottom
toomuchtodo 3y ago
So the suffering of the sick and disabled is of higher value (by some measure) than that of DoorDash gig workers? Why not both? DoorDash can have less profits, and government can provide some support, and everyone comes out ahead except shareholders getting a bit less return (oh noes) and management having lower comp (again, oh noes). These are the people doing the actual work. You are pitting the wrong socioeconomic strata against each other via your argument.
- Jerrrry 3y ago
  >DoorDash can have less profits, and government can provide some support, and everyone comes out ahead The government should just nationalize everything to force the ideal distribution of wealth and effort. just remember youll be one of the first volunteered to the factory, where you will retire against the wall.
mrguyorama 3y ago
I don't remember the sick and disabled being able to pay such high premiums on take out. My friend is a dwarf (his preferred term) and spent a summer working for a company out in California. He had to Uber to and from work, just to contribute to the economy. Meanwhile, in sane countries that invest in their populace, he would have gotten on the bus or train, and he would have kept more of his income. Maybe instead of gifting entire sectors of the economy to private entities through complete governmental apathy and purposeful neglect, we could work to invest in our own communities without the requirement that it pad someone's bank account who had connections early in life. Maybe we could build a better society if it wasn't a requirement that every service come with a minimum ten percent graft (profit) system attached, with nowadays the extra requirement that profit goes up year over year.

squokko 3y ago

What did they do before DoorDash?

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SoftTalker 3y ago
Meals-on-Wheels or similar volunteers/charities that deliver meals, groceries, and essential supplies to the disabled and elderly.

kiba 3y ago

If the economic of delivery apps are unviable in the first place, then it's unlikely these services would exist without the funding of venture capitalists.

skhr0680 3y ago

Someone at the top should be paying for that, not someone at the bottom

toomuchtodo 3y ago

So the suffering of the sick and disabled is of higher value (by some measure) than that of DoorDash gig workers? Why not both? DoorDash can have less profits, and government can provide some support, and everyone comes out ahead except shareholders getting a bit less return (oh noes) and management having lower comp (again, oh noes). These are the people doing the actual work. You are pitting the wrong socioeconomic strata against each other via your argument.

Jerrrry 3y ago
>DoorDash can have less profits, and government can provide some support, and everyone comes out ahead The government should just nationalize everything to force the ideal distribution of wealth and effort. just remember youll be one of the first volunteered to the factory, where you will retire against the wall.

mrguyorama 3y ago

I don't remember the sick and disabled being able to pay such high premiums on take out. My friend is a dwarf (his preferred term) and spent a summer working for a company out in California. He had to Uber to and from work, just to contribute to the economy. Meanwhile, in sane countries that invest in their populace, he would have gotten on the bus or train, and he would have kept more of his income. Maybe instead of gifting entire sectors of the economy to private entities through complete governmental apathy and purposeful neglect, we could work to invest in our own communities without the requirement that it pad someone's bank account who had connections early in life. Maybe we could build a better society if it wasn't a requirement that every service come with a minimum ten percent graft (profit) system attached, with nowadays the extra requirement that profit goes up year over year.