Oh, absolutely! My comment was speaking from the make-believe, fantasy, world where people have agency over themselves and act accordingly. In said fantasy world, California hasn’t made legal precedent against contract labor, the ‘ride-sharing’ business model is effectively un-threatened, and those who feel that Uber…

I know, it took literally no effort to show how ridiculous your “everyone has a choice” statement was.

This isn’t really about Uber. Uber’s just the poster child.

Clem here gets it. Shame he’s being drowned out by a bunch of libertarian lunatics that are too busy masturbating over their copies of Atlas Shrugged to realize that workers are getting screwed not because they choose to, but because they have so few other choices available.

It must be easy to live in a world where you decide what everyone knows. The coercive force behind all of these situations is the need to make money to survive. What’s the coercise force behind taking a waitress job that pays less than minimum wage after tips? Everyone knows that’s a shit job, everyone knows you get…

Sure, but what is going to happen in the future when all these “contractors”, representing a significant portion of the population, are too old to work or replaced by machines, with zero social security benefits or savings? You can say “they knew what they were getting into”, or “pay the consequences for bad…

that’s a totally obtuse comparison you’re making here clem.....driving for Uber is easily the cushiest and laziest way I’ve ever earned money...driving around in an air conditioned car, jamming tunes and chatting with people....hell I’ve done that for fun, for free, since I was 16 years old. First World Problem if I…

What a load of crap!

Super hot take.

Okay, and what happens for part-time Uber drivers when Uber mandates you work a shift which conflicts with your main job?

People take shitty jobs because they have no better options and have to make some money to survive.

I always knew something was fishy with that DeMuro guy

That little badge still is the sum total of innovation in GM. Two words: pushrods. in 2018. Fucking pushrods. fucking pushrods In and engine that was designed in the 30s. All problems can be solved through displacement. if you can’t make more displacement, trick it with a stupid charger into thinking it has more…

I maintain that the bush administration’s corn subsidies for a way to prop up the American Auto industry by allowing them to continue to produce SUVs and not have to spend money to develop hybrids, or really spend money to develop anything for that matter. The American Consumer was becoming more eco-conscious and…

Do you get to pull people over as Port Authority police, or do you have to call the real cops?

Schrodinger’s Yukon—when the interior can be shit and shit at the same time.

The early 00's weren’t a high water mark for interior design. Pretty much everyone was doing that silver plastic thing. Hell Nissan hung onto that style for way too long.

Absolutely. The whole “hey look, we’re sporty too!” thing isn’t working, and isn’t going to. You’re late to the party, that’s why you’re stuck in the kitchen.

Cadillac executives just kept thinking everything was OK until it wasn’t.

I think the problem is exactly the opposite of that. Nobody expected the Cadillac’s of the 70s to be quick in the twisties. They were big, brash boats. That’s why they sold well. A car that glided over everything on the road in complete comfort, and had a menacing presence. “Engineered for Comfort” comes to mind. Then…