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Some points about my personal experience with Uber in my city: 1. Drivers listening to evangelical stations very loudly, spewing hate between musics. Most get angry if you tell to lower the sound. God forbid you ask to change the station; 2. Many drivers trying to rig the system, which in turn costs me money. Uber gives me credit for most complaints, but I can only use it with Uber, so my lost money is good for them either way; 3. I've rated many drivers negatively. Whatever happened to them? Who can tell?

You should see the documentary PROPAGANDA: Engineering Consent, on Edward Bernays' theory.

What? A country has a "right" to spy on a foreigner in a foreign country??

So I guess Russia has every right to spy on americans, right?

I think he is saying the opposite.

Also, having your health care, retirement and general well-being tied to a particular job reduces employee "freedom", which in his point of view is not efficient.

Are you equating "left" to "Dems"? Because the left that I know is all against war and interventionism.

Maybe there is something to be said about how people think Liberal means leftie.

It is not a matter of whatabaoutism, it's a direct attempt to divert attention from wrongdoings, building a narrative that justifies imperialist actions by the USA.

The US has 800 military bases spread across the globe and is currently involved in many "destabilization" efforts (not to mention actual armed conflicts), all funded by billions and billions of dollars.

And the media is demonizing Russia. Talk about a PR campaign.

And finish before people lost interest too.

I agree that automation should be (and many times do) helping people perform their jobs (and daily tasks). However, those who are 'in charge' financially are actively seeking ways to replace humans in a blind race for maximizing short term results.

In a 'healthy' society, automation should be employed to make humans work less hours and with less risks. Somehow many people think this statement is absurd.

I agree that that is the case.

Somewhere down the road some kind of intervention will be necessary, as too much will be on the line.

Your somewhat patronizing analogy misses the point. If our ultimate goal as a species is to survive and live well, then cutting hundreds of thousands (millions, actually, if you think about the implications of automation in other areas) is in conflict with that goal, thus 'unnatural'.

Cutting hundreds of thousands of jobs seems very far from 'natural' or 'healthy'.

It's important to say it as it is. People tend to treat it as a 'natural' thing, instead of a business decision to cut costs.

Second, the people who lose their jobs will move on to different and hopefully better jobs.

They do move to different jobs, but most likely not better ones. An observable consequence of automation is to put pressure on the 'labor market', leaving fewer and fewer opportunities with increasing requirements for job seekers.

I think a more accurate headline would be "Banks to cut 200k jobs over Robots".

Robots don't take jobs. Managers replace workers.

I imagine it also helps the platform hide and demote content that is ideological unfavourable or competitive to the platform.

I'd say it also helps the platform hide a potential fake users problem. For instance, you can no longer see the low engagement on users' posts who paid for followers.

I agree with you. Also, they could be trying to hide their fake users problem. Source is dubious, but still:

https://www.rt.com/usa/449733-facebook-fake-users-report/

I was pointing to an actual case of state intelligence working with private entities to achieve shady goals. It is well documented, not a "conspiracy". You are simply refusing to read the material I have already provided and indicated (as in the Promis "incident"). Try reading the article and checking its sources before making snarky remarks.

You really should look into the Promis scandal, on how historically Intelligence agencies have used shady private entities in order to avoid public scrutiny. It's very didatic.

does the article suggest evidence that Israel (or someone on its behalf) have done any espionage in US?

Yes it does, many times. I'd also suggest you read the series on Epstein in which MintPress unravels a deep web of crooked connections between Intelligence and wealthy individiuals. They also go through the Promis software scandal (backdoor installed by Israeli intelligence).

Private companies and Israel defense and intelligence agencies have deep ties, and the article shows. For instance:

Mossad Director Yossi Cohen told the paper that the Mossad’s partnership with civilian companies in Israel is “excellent” and that the agency will continue to strengthen those ties.

For every kid that "learns his lesson" there are tons who don't, who don't have parents or hey are just too busy to "guide" them through this experience. The whole thing is designed to wire your brain to increase engagement,as in addiction.

Israel espionage? That's ludicrous.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/cia-israel-mossad-jeffrey-epst...

I'm curious, do you have a source for the claim that uber is profitable in most of the USA? That goes against their disclosed info of huge annual losses.

Though they could afford to eat at MD as well.

The article is presenting a claim which needs to be backed by sound evidence, like research papers. That's where the burden of proof lies, not on those who reject the claim on face value. That aside, I do believe that the box does in fact contribute to reducing child mortality, though I also think that there are many more good initiatives worldwide.

I don't know about the US, but in Brazil you are not allowed to give rides and charge for it.

What does "buying a policeman with a $10 bill" says about a society's corruption levels? It reinforces the point that I was making regarding corruption perception. Maybe you are unaware that REAL and impactful corruption doesn't happen at street level.

To say that PT 'institutionalized' corruption is to deny the history of how Brazil (and pretty much every country) came to be ever since the first european set foot on its shores. Corruption is institutionalized, trying to account it as individual efforts is merely accepting a poor media-driven narrative.

The whole JBS scandal helped the Batista family to get richer. They bought 100M dollars and sold JBS' stock just before the plea bargain deal went public. Joesley was temporarily imprisoned by this move, but soon was set free.