Zach Bell
@ezachbell.bsky.social
Take it from a conservative, conservatives have gone off the deep end. I hope that rationalism returns eventually.
Air ambulance pilot constantly questioning if going to work for an airline is worth leaving the fun stuff in small aircraft behind.
Air ambulance pilot constantly questioning if going to work for an airline is worth leaving the fun stuff in small aircraft behind.
Probably because they’ve been convinced that paying them properly means that an orange will cost $30. It doesn’t mean that at all but as a formerly convinced idiot myself, I think that’s probably it.
July 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Probably because they’ve been convinced that paying them properly means that an orange will cost $30. It doesn’t mean that at all but as a formerly convinced idiot myself, I think that’s probably it.
In the end it looks like competition and sensible labor market regulation is the secret herbs and spices mix. Not tech bros investing billions and billions of losses into a cynical play at market dominance and wide scale indentured servitude.
Crazy huh?
Crazy huh?
July 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
In the end it looks like competition and sensible labor market regulation is the secret herbs and spices mix. Not tech bros investing billions and billions of losses into a cynical play at market dominance and wide scale indentured servitude.
Crazy huh?
Crazy huh?
Uber simply shouldn’t exist unless it treats its drivers fairly and honestly that probably means it just shouldn’t exist because there’s nothing Uber does that any #taxi company exposed to #competition can’t do on its own.
July 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Uber simply shouldn’t exist unless it treats its drivers fairly and honestly that probably means it just shouldn’t exist because there’s nothing Uber does that any #taxi company exposed to #competition can’t do on its own.
So what happens in Victoria? Well it’s entirely possible that Uber pulls out of Victoria entirely and if they do, that’s probably ultimately for the best. Victorians have been treated to a phantom product pretending to be real but in reality they’re just taking from drivers the same as all of us.
July 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
So what happens in Victoria? Well it’s entirely possible that Uber pulls out of Victoria entirely and if they do, that’s probably ultimately for the best. Victorians have been treated to a phantom product pretending to be real but in reality they’re just taking from drivers the same as all of us.
But not to worry for Uber because there’s always another driver willing to buy the lie and drive into a hole in the hopes of earning enough to eat.
July 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
But not to worry for Uber because there’s always another driver willing to buy the lie and drive into a hole in the hopes of earning enough to eat.
When you can’t replace your shocks, you’re tires are balding, you’re stretching every oil change an extra 500 miles and you can’t find other work, you’re stuck and that’s not an accident. At a certain point you’re just trading value in your car for cash and that only lasts so long.
July 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When you can’t replace your shocks, you’re tires are balding, you’re stretching every oil change an extra 500 miles and you can’t find other work, you’re stuck and that’s not an accident. At a certain point you’re just trading value in your car for cash and that only lasts so long.
It’s not just domination of market competition that Uber was investing in during those early days, it was also domination of the labour pool.
Uber has taken considerable pains to ensure that ride share drivers are desperately chasing every dollar in hopes of breaking a cycle of spiralling poverty.
Uber has taken considerable pains to ensure that ride share drivers are desperately chasing every dollar in hopes of breaking a cycle of spiralling poverty.
July 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It’s not just domination of market competition that Uber was investing in during those early days, it was also domination of the labour pool.
Uber has taken considerable pains to ensure that ride share drivers are desperately chasing every dollar in hopes of breaking a cycle of spiralling poverty.
Uber has taken considerable pains to ensure that ride share drivers are desperately chasing every dollar in hopes of breaking a cycle of spiralling poverty.
Consumers too were promised low cost and high quality but whatever remains of that has left us with drivers who can’t even replace their shocks because they’re unable to earn enough.
We’ve bought into the lie that we can have a great product for next to nothing and our delusion is costing workers.
We’ve bought into the lie that we can have a great product for next to nothing and our delusion is costing workers.
July 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Consumers too were promised low cost and high quality but whatever remains of that has left us with drivers who can’t even replace their shocks because they’re unable to earn enough.
We’ve bought into the lie that we can have a great product for next to nothing and our delusion is costing workers.
We’ve bought into the lie that we can have a great product for next to nothing and our delusion is costing workers.
The “golden age” of ride-share was never really a golden age so much as it was a covert theft from workers who were duped by promises of a bright new future as we condemned the inefficiencies of the past. But it was all a lie and even today we desperately cling to promises less and less delivered.
July 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The “golden age” of ride-share was never really a golden age so much as it was a covert theft from workers who were duped by promises of a bright new future as we condemned the inefficiencies of the past. But it was all a lie and even today we desperately cling to promises less and less delivered.
We have to thank Uber for driving innovation in the marketplace. It’s tough to find a traditional cab company now without a proper mobile app and fare tracking has become more commonplace to protect consumers by all that’s come at a cost and it’s ride-share drivers who have paid it.
July 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We have to thank Uber for driving innovation in the marketplace. It’s tough to find a traditional cab company now without a proper mobile app and fare tracking has become more commonplace to protect consumers by all that’s come at a cost and it’s ride-share drivers who have paid it.
Uber’s concern at the time wasn’t a quality product, it was the provision of an unrealistically high quality, low cost product meant to drive competitors out of business.
This investment would set them up for market dominance after which they could finally degrade the product, pay less and profit.
This investment would set them up for market dominance after which they could finally degrade the product, pay less and profit.
July 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Uber’s concern at the time wasn’t a quality product, it was the provision of an unrealistically high quality, low cost product meant to drive competitors out of business.
This investment would set them up for market dominance after which they could finally degrade the product, pay less and profit.
This investment would set them up for market dominance after which they could finally degrade the product, pay less and profit.
See, also can in the day even drivers didn’t need tips to survive, Uber was also hemorrhaging enough cash every year to pay off some sovereign debts. This was part of the plan though. It was just an investment in the future deterioration of their product.
Yup. An investment in future quality loss.
Yup. An investment in future quality loss.
July 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
See, also can in the day even drivers didn’t need tips to survive, Uber was also hemorrhaging enough cash every year to pay off some sovereign debts. This was part of the plan though. It was just an investment in the future deterioration of their product.
Yup. An investment in future quality loss.
Yup. An investment in future quality loss.
Today, Uber drivers in Victoria BC voted to #unionize. Back in the day when drivers were well compensated, no one had any notable desire to unionize. So what changed?
Uber’s entire business model is predatory and this development was inevitable. So too is Uber’s eventual collapse.
Uber’s entire business model is predatory and this development was inevitable. So too is Uber’s eventual collapse.
July 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Today, Uber drivers in Victoria BC voted to #unionize. Back in the day when drivers were well compensated, no one had any notable desire to unionize. So what changed?
Uber’s entire business model is predatory and this development was inevitable. So too is Uber’s eventual collapse.
Uber’s entire business model is predatory and this development was inevitable. So too is Uber’s eventual collapse.
Poilievre is already struggling to maintain relevance. He lost the election because his entire strategy was based on being an alternative to a leader that had become extremely unpopular. Now contrasted against a qualified Liberal PM, he can’t depend on his opposition being more unlikable than him.
July 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Poilievre is already struggling to maintain relevance. He lost the election because his entire strategy was based on being an alternative to a leader that had become extremely unpopular. Now contrasted against a qualified Liberal PM, he can’t depend on his opposition being more unlikable than him.
So if Trump appointed Gov’ Walz to the board of governors does that make Tim Walz MAGA or does that make you brain damaged?
June 15, 2025 at 4:43 AM
So if Trump appointed Gov’ Walz to the board of governors does that make Tim Walz MAGA or does that make you brain damaged?
Flipped? He was always MAGA.
June 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Flipped? He was always MAGA.
Mostly Trump supporting moron fascist.
June 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Mostly Trump supporting moron fascist.
So you don’t think a Republican can be appointed to a NON PARTISAN advisory board?
Did Trump make Walz NAGA the day he appointed him to the board of governors?
Stop acting brain damaged and use your head.
Did Trump make Walz NAGA the day he appointed him to the board of governors?
Stop acting brain damaged and use your head.
June 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
So you don’t think a Republican can be appointed to a NON PARTISAN advisory board?
Did Trump make Walz NAGA the day he appointed him to the board of governors?
Stop acting brain damaged and use your head.
Did Trump make Walz NAGA the day he appointed him to the board of governors?
Stop acting brain damaged and use your head.
Did you read your own source? Cause that’s not what it says.
June 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Did you read your own source? Cause that’s not what it says.
So wait…if Walz appointing him to a non partisan advisory board makes the shooter a democrat, does Trump appointing Walz to the board of governors make Walz MAGA?
Or maybe you’re just brain damaged. 🤔
Or maybe you’re just brain damaged. 🤔
June 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
So wait…if Walz appointing him to a non partisan advisory board makes the shooter a democrat, does Trump appointing Walz to the board of governors make Walz MAGA?
Or maybe you’re just brain damaged. 🤔
Or maybe you’re just brain damaged. 🤔
And they’d enlist this guy?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf5z...
Seems more likely that he’s just a right wing religious extremist. You know…a MAGAt.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf5z...
Seems more likely that he’s just a right wing religious extremist. You know…a MAGAt.
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June 15, 2025 at 4:23 AM
And they’d enlist this guy?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf5z...
Seems more likely that he’s just a right wing religious extremist. You know…a MAGAt.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf5z...
Seems more likely that he’s just a right wing religious extremist. You know…a MAGAt.
Yeah. He was appointed to a non partisan board to provide input to the government. He was still a registered Republican.
Sides, if Walz appointing him to a board makes him connected then Trump appointing Walz to the board of governors makes Walz MAGA…if you’re brain damaged.
Sides, if Walz appointing him to a board makes him connected then Trump appointing Walz to the board of governors makes Walz MAGA…if you’re brain damaged.
June 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Yeah. He was appointed to a non partisan board to provide input to the government. He was still a registered Republican.
Sides, if Walz appointing him to a board makes him connected then Trump appointing Walz to the board of governors makes Walz MAGA…if you’re brain damaged.
Sides, if Walz appointing him to a board makes him connected then Trump appointing Walz to the board of governors makes Walz MAGA…if you’re brain damaged.
If this makes him a democrat than Trump appointing Walz to the board of governors must mean Walz is MAGA. 😂
June 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
If this makes him a democrat than Trump appointing Walz to the board of governors must mean Walz is MAGA. 😂