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by belter 1524 days ago
That is not the argument. The argument is that Uber business model is more cost-effective than Slavery. (And without trying to sound insensitive here)...the "slave owner" still bears the costs of his "slaves".
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But it’s still not profitable, unlike slavery which was extremely profitable. So how can it be more effective?
"Slave owners" did not have high AWS bills, Stock Based compensation, Sales and Marketing and so on...

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