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by force_reboot 3671 days ago
Not sure why you're getting downvotes, this is completely accurate (except that the competitors aren't necessarily college kids, as a demographic they are closer to taxi drivers).

But I would add that on net this is a good thing, and the beneficiaries are not just consumers, but the new drivers.

The logic of the free market is fairly simple and intuitive. One reason people shy away from it is that they are subconsciously afraid of organized labor. The left have drummed it into people's heads that these people mean business, and if they beat you to a pulp it will be your own fault for threatening their livelihood [0].

[0] e.g. see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7L_cuQJ1pQ