Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 28, 2015The new pink slip.Quote TweetGene Linetsky@GeneLinetsky·Aug 28, 2015AirBNB why did you terminate my account? — An Open Letter to AirBNB — Being an AirBNB Superhost http://fb.me/5dtYHZYUY247
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 28, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 Always already. It never went away and never will.1
zem@zem42·Aug 28, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr right, which is why we need regulation in the first place! otherwise owners will always have undue leverage over workers2
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 28, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 For old-school unions, the counter-leverage was to aggregate and monopolize labor supply for collective bargaining. No longer applies1
zem@zem42·Aug 28, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr yes - the "new economy" has not evolved anything analogous to unions yet, whereas ownership-leverage carried over just fine1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @zem42@zem42 that's actually kinda fucked too... deflation threatens capital, trillions desperately seeking returns, no safe havens8:26 PM · Aug 28, 2015