I empathize with anyone who's livelihood is affected by changes in society. But stagnating progress because someone somewhere will be negatively impacted only assures no progress will ever be made.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can have progress without forcing people into starvation because "it's the system".

[–] Sabrinamycarpet@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean we could build a better social safety net so this doesn't happen...

You telling me you think we should continue to endure a transportation system that is basically a monopoly, where the user has little transparency on what they get charged beforehand, where they can only use the service if they call or are lucky enough to be in a high traffic location, just so no one loses their job?

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Cities have a medallion system to prevent congestion of taxis on the roads. If there was a problem, increasing the number of medallions and scheduling surge pricing (like NYC has done with all cars now) would have improved service.

Alternately, simply declaring Uber a taxi service and subject to employment laws would have fixed most everything.

I guess since flying is a hassle, I should buy a jet and land it in parking lots to make it convenient for consumers. So what if a few hundred die a year if tens of thousands have easier air travel.