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As Schumpeter said: “[e]lectric lighting is no great boon to anyone who has money enough to buy a sufficient number of candles and to pay servants to attend the
by nickff 12y ago
As Schumpeter said: “[e]lectric lighting is no great boon to anyone who has money enough to buy a sufficient number of candles and to pay servants to attend them... The capitalist achievement does not typically consist in providing more silk stockings for queens but in bringing them within the reach of factory girls in return for steadily decreasing amounts of effort."
Creative destruction, as enabled by captitalism allows everyone to gain access to the luxuries only previously enjoyed by the rich; it takes time, but we all our lives are improving in astonishing and unexpected ways.
- tippytop 12y agoSo which Uber driver is taking the calls to the poorer neighborhoods?
- NewHermes 12y agoOne of the best, if not the best part of Uber is the payment. No tipping, no haggling, and no getting screwed, whether you are the driver of passenger. Don't need to worry about getting stiffed because it's already paid for.
- pinkyand 12y agoMaybe with UberPool(sharing rides with other people on the same route) they'll have more access ? and if you combine that with Uber's SUV service, which enables sharing rides between up to 6 people, you'll get to something more accessible to poor people.