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You wanted the sharing economy
Sep 14^th, 2015 at 9:37am

Now you've got it, some of it and more will come.

Is it a case of careful what you wish for?

There is a real concern about what it is going to do to the living standards of the majority by turning more & more people into non-employees, with no paid holidays, no sickness cover, no superannuation and all the rest.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p031j7y4

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Re: You wanted the sharing economy
Reply #1 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 9:42am

bogarde73 wrote on Sep 14^th, 2015 at 9:37am:

Now you've got it, some of it and more will come.

Is it a case of careful what you wish for?

There is a real concern about what it is going to do to the living standards of the majority by turning more & more people into non-employees, with no paid holidays, no sickness cover, no superannuation and all the rest.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p031j7y4

You forgot to include Cuts To "Welfare" to feed those bludgers and leaners.....

List.. list... that sound is the sharpening of guillotine blades....

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: You wanted the sharing economy Reply #2 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 9:46am You'll have to explain that, too deep for me. There is a case coming up for hearing in California next year, a class action against Uber about the rights of drivers to be treated as employees. The result of this could set a precedent US-wide and maybe even globally.
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Re: You wanted the sharing economy
Reply #3 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 10:03am

bogarde73 wrote on Sep 14^th, 2015 at 9:46am:

You'll have to explain that, too deep for me.

There is a case coming up for hearing in California next year, a class action against Uber about the rights of drivers to be treated as employees.
The result of this could set a precedent US-wide and maybe even globally.

Talk about BS Bogie.. BOTR!!! There, now that will fix it.

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Johnsmith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4716 Gender:	Re: You wanted the sharing economy Reply #4 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 10:18am You wanted the sharing economy actually, the global economy is the wet dream of the rightards the problem with global economies is that you have to accept all that that entails, not just the money
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: You wanted the sharing economy Reply #5 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 10:24am Well actually I think the wet dream of most people is a stable economy which provides a good life for everybody, neither tilted to the far right or the far left. I don't think a work life created by & for the gods of Silicon Valley will deliver that.
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Re: You wanted the sharing economy
Reply #6 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 12:18pm

bogarde73 wrote on Sep 14^th, 2015 at 10:24am:

Well actually I think the wet dream of most people is a stable economy which provides a good life for everybody, neither tilted to the far right or the far left.

Just a totally meaningless statement. It's like a politician telling us what we want. We all have a different view of what we would label far right and far left. Its like you calling everyone you disagree with an extremist. It's a very effective way of working on people's emotions but says absolutely nothing. It's also a way of saying that what I believe is what everyone else believes, which is the oldest trick in the book and utter tripe.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: You wanted the sharing economy Reply #7 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 2:11pm For which I read, wishing to reserve the right to a far left solution.
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Re: You wanted the sharing economy
Reply #8 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 3:16pm

bogarde73 wrote on Sep 14^th, 2015 at 9:37am:

Now you've got it, some of it and more will come.

Is it a case of careful what you wish for?

There is a real concern about what it is going to do to the living standards of the majority by turning more & more people into non-employees, with no paid holidays, no sickness cover, no superannuation and all the rest.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p031j7y4

Get used to it. Eventually 90+% of workers will be individual contractors. This policy is intended to eliminate conditions which would otherwise lead to premium payments for overtime and other out of hours work.

Effectively contractors will be paid a fixed amount for a specific job no matter how long they take to do it. This will suppress and decrease wage rises and will eventually lead to productivity increases as the smarter people evolve more productive work practices.

The downside is the low productivity contractors will be poverty stricken which will probably be more than 50% of the population.

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Re: You wanted the sharing economy
Reply #9 - Sep 14^th, 2015 at 3:41pm

But the thing is so many of the younger generations want to embrace this enslavement in the same way they embrace everything new. Don't they realise the trend that is being put in place and that the people they idolise, ie the internet billionaires, are the people who have spawned this development for their further enrichment?

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