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by kingkawn 2259 days ago
What public service is Airbnb providing that they should be artificially sustained in the absence of a viable market instead of giving direct public financial support to their employees?
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Ok I'll bite: they provide a marketplace for people to list and book rentals. You may not like it but it's what they do.
Yes I know what they do. That wasn’t the question. I have used them, like many. But that doesn’t mean they should be sustained in the absence of a viable market. The employees should all be supported, like anyone who is living through this. No question. But the company? Why do we, as a society as a whole, need to sustain the company in the absence of a market? Someone else would create the same business again when there’s a market for it. If there is again.