Slave holders argued, often correctly, that slaves, as capital, enjoyed a higher standard of living than did wage workers, who could be worked to death and thrown away, and that this justified the institution.
The original comment said
> I'd like to see the argument that those people who chose and choose to work at uber have worse outcomes than they otherwise would
Just as it is no argument for slavery that slaves were better off than wage workers, so it is no argument for gig work that gig workers are better off than those with no work at all.
The original comment said
> I'd like to see the argument that those people who chose and choose to work at uber have worse outcomes than they otherwise would
Just as it is no argument for slavery that slaves were better off than wage workers, so it is no argument for gig work that gig workers are better off than those with no work at all.