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by frankfrankfrank 1484 days ago
From what I’ve come to understand you are right on the money. All these “sharing economy” models rely heavily on churn and burn like many other less than solid business models like MLM.

I would love to see the breakdown of drivers and their immigration status, because from what I can gather, what is happening here is not any different than in the past of America’s history where the whole business model relies on the exploitation of “immigrant” labor that knows no better and is easily exploited, aka their unrealized labor value is converted into profit, or better states, benefits and riches for the executives.

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I wouldn’t assume immigrants “knows no better”. More likely if they don’t have a better opportunity available. Especially if they are not on a visa.