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   Marco Rogers (polotek@social.polotek.net)'s status on Saturday, 31-Aug-2024 21:50:44 JST Marco Rogers

   I remember being so upset talking to people about prop 22 a few years ago. This was the vote in California to decide if gig workers like Uber and doordash have to be treated like employees instead of "independent contractors". I thought this should've been an easy decision. You wanna make these big tech companies pay right?

   Nah. All they had to do was tell you that your rides were gonna get more expensive. And it actually became something we have had to fight tooth and nail for.

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     Marco Rogers (polotek@social.polotek.net)'s status on Saturday, 31-Aug-2024 21:50:43 JST Marco Rogers

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     What I'm saying is that a lot of American Exceptionalism™ is based on sacrificing people. It is a very long tradition. And up until very recently, Black people were the default sacrifice. That was our explicit role in White American society. As soon as you understand that, a lot of American history starts to make way more sense.

     And today starts to make more sense too. This is an America we're it's not so easy to designate groups for sacrifice. And we are finding it harder to get things done.

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     Claire, The Ultimate Worrier (waitworry@sakurajima.moe)'s status on Saturday, 31-Aug-2024 21:50:47 JST Claire, The Ultimate Worrier

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     @polotek and surprise! all the rideshare companies are raising their rates anyway because they can