It's pretty mindblowing how Uber and AirBnB have convinced people the theft of worker and consumer protections and affordable housing is "sharing".

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M

It's platform capitalism:

Ultra precarity dreamt up by a CEO in shades and beach shorts sat on a futon. Fordism by algorithm: where everyone gets to be a (poor) entrepreneur.

MethDozer · M

@Burnley123 This is post-fordism. Fordism had a few merits.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@MethDozer Indeed: Union membership, contracts, higher pay (to buy the cars) etc. Regular hours too.