Uber (including other ridesharing apps) are contemporary benchmark to exploitation under the guise of self- employment.
Paid employment requires human skill and time. When workers provide these, they are reimbursed for. An income is earned. Bills are paid.
Likewise when vehicles are let out, the owner earns a rental while the car is away on lease, and generates income (minus maintenance costs of car), and there is no requirement for the owner to exert skill or effort to do so.
In both cases, either the person or vehicle generates revenue. But not both. Unlike Uber.
Uber places a threefold onus on “business partners” to enable one sole stream of income.
Drivers required to exercise effort and time; they stop the earning halts.
Drivers required to pay ongoing vehicle costs (fuel, repairs, insurance, taxes).
Drivers required to pay back to Uber; the more earnings the more costs incurred.
From one stream of income, three different ways cash flows out. And while this is unfair and exploitative, it miraculously works.
Individuals survive on Uber; the exploitation and unfairness actually earns people their living (ignoring the repercussions).
This shows the role of exploitation in our societies : Important. Necessary. Norm.
It is the very journey forward in our societies today. On the go.
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