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Are taxicab drivers in China workers? Perhaps they are small-scale merchants who have been, like pawnbrokers in a Dostoyevsky novel, exploiting the general public while the government of China focuses on the commanding heights of the economy.
However, another possible point of view is that taxicab drivers in China are workers, and that are exposed to potentially ruthless competition from comrades who are working for a non-Chinese, non-Communist entity. Furthermore, those comrades have been neither educated nor re-educated in any school (or labor camp) to function as properly qualified taxicab drivers.
It seems that Uber is offering its services in dozens of cities in China.
You can see for yourself here:
uber.com/cities/
It seems that the government of China, allegedly operating as a dictatorship of the proletariat, by the proletariat, and for the proletariat, is allowing an organization based in the USA to solicit ordinary workers who are vulnerable to exploitation, and put them to work for the big, wealthy capitalists who are located in the USA and other countries.
What about the traditional taxicab drivers who have operated in China before Uber existed? Can they compete? Should they be required to compete against workers who are potentially exploited and required to work long hours at low pay?
If Uber is operating in dozens of cities in China, then this situation is almost as bad as the new trade deals between Cuba and the USA. Inevitably, such trade exploits and impoverishes the weaker partner: Cuba. Surely the people of Cuba would be safer from exploitation if the government of Cuba permitted trade with only the following partners: China, North Korea, and Venezuela.
However, another possible point of view is that taxicab drivers in China are workers, and that are exposed to potentially ruthless competition from comrades who are working for a non-Chinese, non-Communist entity. Furthermore, those comrades have been neither educated nor re-educated in any school (or labor camp) to function as properly qualified taxicab drivers.
It seems that Uber is offering its services in dozens of cities in China.
You can see for yourself here:
uber.com/cities/
It seems that the government of China, allegedly operating as a dictatorship of the proletariat, by the proletariat, and for the proletariat, is allowing an organization based in the USA to solicit ordinary workers who are vulnerable to exploitation, and put them to work for the big, wealthy capitalists who are located in the USA and other countries.
What about the traditional taxicab drivers who have operated in China before Uber existed? Can they compete? Should they be required to compete against workers who are potentially exploited and required to work long hours at low pay?
If Uber is operating in dozens of cities in China, then this situation is almost as bad as the new trade deals between Cuba and the USA. Inevitably, such trade exploits and impoverishes the weaker partner: Cuba. Surely the people of Cuba would be safer from exploitation if the government of Cuba permitted trade with only the following partners: China, North Korea, and Venezuela.