Pretty sure companies in most Western countries are required to act in the best interests of their shareholders - which, for a company as large as Uber, I would suggest doesn’t include voluntarily going out of business because some of their customers don’t like the president.
The boycott seems dumb to me. Trump should be fought on the streets and in the courts, of course. But he remains the president, and avoiding some of the worst excesses requires talking to him. I’m glad that a number of execs are on his advisory boards. You think that letting Bannon and his ilk being Trump’s only source of information would be an improvement?
This isn’t normalization, or at least not past the point of factual reality–that Trump does indeed have the power to screw up national policy in numerous ways. And nothing will cause the Trump presidency to become some kind of roaring success. But being an adviser might take the edge off some of the worst aspects.
If that’s the case, what’s the point of the strike/boycott by the taxi companies??
Prolly partly to create public awareness and to show that there are people who are vocally, actively, publicly speaking out against it.
Trump WILL be fought on all fronts, and companies will learn that association with him is toxic, and will hurt their bottom line.
I’m all for boycotts on Trump properties and businesses with strong associations with Trump. But for those acting as advisers? Again, I don’t get it. This is “cutting your nose to spite your face” territory. Every possible weapon should be used against Trump–and that includes diplomacy.
There are a lot of companies that realize that someone as nasty, petulant and vindictive as Trump in the White House could ruin themy if he wasn’t appropriately handled. Talk about how greatl Trump is and he hands out bucket loads of corporate welfare. Talk about how terrible Trump is and he sends the hounds after you.
So corporate types have a huge incentive to suck Trump’s cock , and talk about how awesome he is. Unless they piss off their customers. If the customers don’t complain, then suddenly nobody has a bad word to say about Trump.
If nobody dares to say anything against Trump for fear of ruination then Trump has made himself dictator, even as the forms of the old Republic are still observed.
I guess this is where I’m coming down on it. He’s a better man than I if he can talk to that bastard without throwing a pie or something. Godspeed Uber guy!
I boycott Uber for the exploitative business model, not for Trump - not quite sure about the association with Trump.
At least in the UK, drivers have won the right to be classified not as self-employed, and are entitled to some employment rights - Uber has, of course, appealed the decision because they are nasty bastards.
FWIW, Elon Musk is now facing the same criticism. There’s a Twitter thread here, but his basic logic seems to be reflected in this particular tweet:
@danmoran3 @redletterdave Exactly. There is no possibility of retraction, but there is possibility of modification. It’s just a non-zero possibility. Don’t know more.
So, either you wait until the courts handle it–which isn’t even guaranteed–or you attempt to get the order modified to reduce some of the most harmful aspects. Modification of the order does not exclude getting it thrown out in the courts, and there is the possibility of genuinely improving the lives of people currently affected by the order.
Applying first aid to a wound does not normalize or excuse the party that inflicted it.
How many conflicts in history would have improved by shutting down communications?
I hope none of you folks buy stuff made in China.
Why? Trump has been in conflict with China since before his inauguration, what point do you think you’re making?
Look, the irony of a driveby post in a thread about Uber. .
Are taxis in that area operating under the medallion system? Because I’d be more worried about the people abusing their government-enforced monopoly.
Lots of uber drivers also drive for Lyft and lots of uber users can use Lyft instead, which makes the decision by the CEO so puzzling; the only people who can’t easily move from uber to Lyft are at the corporate level of Uber. We don’t need them, just the concept. I’d also wager that a lot of uber riders are from urban centers which are not Trump fans. Lyft, no dummies, gave $1m to the ACLU yesterday.
Wait, Elon Musk is on the Trump team? :eek:
Always thought he looked like a supervillan.
Musk is not on the “Trump team”. He’s on a couple of advisory boards. The full list of his business council, as of last year:
Stephen A. Schwarzman CEO of Blackstone
Paul Atkins, CEO of Patomak Global Partners
Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors
Toby Cosgrove, CEO of the Cleveland Clinic
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase
Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock
Travis Kalanick, CEO of Uber
Bob Iger, CEO of the Walt Disney Company
Rich Lesser, CEO, Boston Consulting Group
Doug McMillon, CEO of Wal-Mart
Jim McNerney, former CEO of Boeing
Elon Musk, CEO, SpaceX and Tesla
Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo
Adebayo “Bayo” Ogunlesi, Chairman and Managing Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners
Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM
Kevin Warsh, economist
Mark Weinberger, CEO of EY
Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric
Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman of IHS Markit
Of them, only Musk and Kalanick have publicly opposed the current executive order. As distasteful as it is dealing with a 55 gallon drum of orange baby diarrhea, I’d rather these people be on Trump’s council than an army of sycophants.
Well, they could take the train, the bus, or drive, as I mentioned. And, it’s not like the taxis were on permanent strike. Of course, after the strike, they could take a taxi or Lyft. Poor slobs probably took the train or bus anyway, rather than the much more expensive Uber or taxis.
I’m not really sure what you’re asking – do you mean for the hour or so that the taxis stood up for their fellow immigrants?
But you have no problem that Cheeto not only has his stuff made in China but he buys Chinese steel rather than American steel.
Does Lyft have options for Town Cars and SUVs? I have used Lyft yet, but thought it was just regular people in their personal cars.