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by hackuser 10y ago
> why do they owe their drivers anything but incentive to work for them (which seems sufficient, or we wouldn't even be having this conversation int he first place). History is pretty clear on this point: Without protection, workers
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by hackuser 10y ago
> Corporations are amoral, always have been, always will be. That's not true; all corporations make moral choices, probably even Uber. > The right way to solve this is not via legislation What's wrong with legislation? It&#x
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by hackuser 10y ago
> increase Uber's already sizable losses, causing the business to fail Or they will need to adjust and find another way, like all businesses do. Or they will fail and someone else will find a better way. That's what the free m
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by hackuser 10y ago
> It would be very easy to regulate the hell out of Uber and turn the unicorn into a donkey. However, that wouldn't improve the conditions that those in the economic class of drivers are subject to It's a bit of a strawman to u
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by hackuser 10y ago
> extrapolate the popular vote over the rest of the non voting population isnt fair I don't know what you mean by "fair", but the non-voting population has much less influence over politics than the ones who vote. Regardle
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by hackuser 10y ago
But what does Trump's PR about his workers program and now much as been accomplished have to do with it? It's just political promotion. The first part of the comment in question seems fine; the last is an ad for a politician.
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by hackuser 10y ago
Yes, and it raises a challenge: Who speaks for their citizens? I think the best argument is that their own governments do - that's true de facto , regardless; and foreign powers are very poor and understanding the needs of locals, no
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by hackuser 10y ago
Thanks; that's a great addition to the discussion. One important nit: > The United States effort with both NAFTA and the TPP were to contain Russia and China, respectively, by building a coalition of countries with trade that exclud
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by hackuser 10y ago
I'd add that the leading European nations, such as the UK, Germany and France, used to be global powers. Power, soft and hard, depends in large part on pure economic capacity; that enables many things, including economic leverage, lar
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by hackuser 10y ago
In addition to what was said, it also was an important piece in containing Chinese domination of the region. It would bind the nations into an international order that was not subject to (or strongly protected from) Chinese leverage of infl
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by hackuser 10y ago
How?
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by hackuser 10y ago
> China's ability to reach trade deals is probably somewhat limited by the fact that they do not believe in free trade or free movement of money and goods. China's economy is built on international trade - specifically, their m
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by hackuser 10y ago
Here's the real story every time you read about the comparison between multilateral and bilateral international agreements (speaking very generally): * Powerful nations want bilateral agreements, because it's the strong negotiatin
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by hackuser 10y ago
> As for Trump, he's done 2 of the "Seven actions to protect American workers" he promised for the first 100 days in office What does this have to do with the discussion? It seems to be purely political advocacy. Personal
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by hackuser 10y ago
Mao may not think popular opinion matters, and maybe he could ignore it in his dictatorship, but it's wrong in the U.S. The President leads a democratic political system, the heart of which is the will of the voters. Those in governmen
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by hackuser 10y ago
Ironically, the word "Hysteria" marks this as yet more propaganda in my eyes. Is it possible they have something useful to say? Anything is possible, but I refuse to let the propaganda consume more of my time (one of its goals) an
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by hackuser 10y ago
I'll take that as implying that the underrepresented groups are not victims of widespread discrimination. One really must struggle to believe - struggle to ignore what we all see in the world and struggle to disregard all the research.
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by hackuser 10y ago
You could say the same the other way. A rainy day in a major city in a key state and Trump gets a better result.
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by hackuser 10y ago
I'm sure culture and income have an effect, but it doesn't seem remotely plausible that there is no discrimination against black-skinned people in the United States. It's a fantasy that people struggle to rationalize, but you
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by hackuser 10y ago
> You know what I love about free software? It's ultimately judged on merits. If you like things judged on their merits, no doubt you are a strong, vocal opponent of any discrimination based on race, nationality, gender, sexuality,
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by hackuser 10y ago
In this case, it bears repeating that Trump lost the overall vote, and lost women's votes 54-41%. The country is a democracy, not an elected dictatorship. Voters and their desires don't disappear the day after the election. Republ
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by hackuser 10y ago
> the FBI letter probably cost her the election by slightly depressing turnout. Of course it's hard to point to one factor in such a complex, real world situation, But look at a chart of Clinton's poll numbers; she was comforta
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by hackuser 10y ago
> the time for that is over That's a talking point of Trump supporters, but a moment's thought shows that it's not remotely true. It seems to assume that people only participate in democracy by voting and then politicians
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by hackuser 10y ago
> Rather than allow the free market to select the least-cost solution Currently it's not a 'free' market. Fossil fuels dump massive costs on everyone else via greenhouse gas emissions and climate change; it's an incre
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by hackuser 10y ago
> why aren't individuals using this as a defense already?, they have had the free speech rights for much longer. I don't think individuals are regulated by the SEC, for example. Usually it's corporations that are. What are
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by hackuser 10y ago
> Putting polical corectness aside I'm not sure what that term means. If anything, the politically correct thing - the acceptable thing - is to take shots at "political correctness". But let's have a clear definition
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by hackuser 10y ago
> There's no force keeping people from contributing, they are just choosing not to. We all naturally have tunnel vision, and apply our experience to everyone else. I can't speak for you, but many people who don't face disc
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by hackuser 10y ago
That's the logical extreme, but that is not what free market economists actually say. The GP is accurate. The free market is a great tool, but no tool is universal. Why are we more concerned that we stick to an ideology - it's tre
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by hackuser 10y ago
> Is Comcast the only company hiring people? If you don't get a job with Comcast you get a job with a different company The reality is, the job market is not that liquid. That's why people are terrified of losing their job.
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by hackuser 10y ago
I think that was the case; I wasn't sure enough to name it though.

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