[Pr0ducer]

I am the CEO of Uber, and I can gas-light you from the opinion section of the New York Times, because money talks. No other person is better positioned to do something about the plight of gig workers more than me, but I'm going to tell you a story about how we could all fix this together to distract you from reality. I'll throw in some blame to build up a strawman we can all tear down together, while gig workers still get the shaft and I still get my fat payday.

[threepio]

Yes!

Even his opening premise is flagrantly false: the problem is not that Uber has "failed drivers by treating them as contractors". The problem is that Uber has arrogated to itself all the benefits of an employee-style relationship without incurring any of the burdens.

They can't have it both ways. But their business depends on it. Switching to food delivery does not give them a way out of the pain machine. Which is why they have to spend so much money working the refs.

[dmamills]

Exactly, this is essentially 'thoughts and prayers' said euphemistically.

Luckily we have the average hacker news commenter to come in and fill us in on why billionaires aren't actually so bad after all. I just don't know what I'd do without this website sometimes!

[asdff]

Not a great year from the opinion section of the NYT. Between this and Tom Cotton, I'm convinced the editorial board just looks at the pile of money and the potential virality of these posts, rather than the words written on the page.