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Antifar 04/11/17 10:28:58 AM #1: |
http://fusion.net/airlines-can-treat-you-like-garbage-because-they-are-an-1794192270
Why is an armed agent of the state using violence to enforce a contract freely entered into by two private parties? Because that is more or less how you define “classical liberalism.” You may have thought that buying a ticket and boarding a plane and even sitting in your assigned seat meant you had some “right” to “fly on the plane.” Legally and contractually, you do not. (Welcome, Tweeps, to your first reckoning with the inherent contradictions in the philosophical underpinnings of laissez-faire capitalism and its conception of “coercion.”) --- an aspirin the size of the sun. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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The Admiral 04/11/17 10:31:58 AM #2: |
Obama's DOJ was horrendous at enforcing anti-trust laws, and we saw several competition-crippling airline mergers happen under his watch that contributed to this horrendous customer experience.
The airline industry sucks, period. Whoever managers to create a viable Uber-like substitute will quickly have an 11-figure bank account. --- - The Admiral ... Copied to Clipboard!
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OpShaft 04/11/17 10:33:42 AM #3: |
The Admiral posted...
Obama's DOJ was horrendous at enforcing anti-trust laws, and we saw several competition-crippling airline mergers happen under his watch that contributed to this horrendous customer experience. UberAir would be awesome. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DevsBro 04/11/17 10:35:09 AM #4: |
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ReignFury 04/11/17 10:39:07 AM #5: |
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Antifar 04/11/17 10:39:39 AM #6: |
The Admiral posted...
Obama's DOJ was horrendous at enforcing anti-trust laws, and we saw several competition-crippling airline mergers happen under his watch that contributed to this horrendous customer experience. Correct --- an aspirin the size of the sun. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Darkman124 04/11/17 10:41:49 AM #7: |
The Admiral posted...
given their razor-thin margins i question whether such a substitute could ever be profitable idk what the right answer is here. airlines are not getting super rich off our suffering. they suck because air travel is fucking expensive as fuck for them. --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Antifar 04/11/17 10:44:03 AM #8: |
Darkman124 posted...
given their razor-thin margins i question whether such a substitute could ever be profitable Uber isn't! But to the extent that they can squeeze out money out of an alternative model it would mean crushing labor and avoiding basic requirements whenever possible. --- an aspirin the size of the sun. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Darkman124 04/11/17 11:07:58 AM #9: |
Antifar posted...
Uber isn't! But to the extent that they can squeeze out money out of an alternative model it would mean crushing labor and avoiding basic requirements whenever possible. yeah, which means a different part of the market is getting screwed transport is kind of a no-win when you get down to it the risk of being kicked off your flight (and the obscenely bad pricing system) is what you face when you insist upon ultra-low fares as a consumer --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Romes187 04/11/17 11:14:59 AM #10: |
airlines have extremely low barriers to entry - highly competitive and relies heavily on capital
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Psycho_Poodle 04/11/17 11:17:29 AM #11: |
dont talk shit about Obama, he saved us from the Republicans
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Darkman124 04/11/17 11:19:48 AM #12: |
Romes187 posted...
airlines have extremely low barriers to entry - highly competitive and relies heavily on capital do you mean extremely high barriers to entry --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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HypnoCoosh 04/11/17 11:21:50 AM #13: |
Have you ever seen the tax you pay on your airfare?
You want to talk about criminal look at the government and how much they tax the shit out of everything. --- We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. - C.S. Lewis ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Romes187 04/11/17 11:24:41 AM #14: |
Darkman124 posted...
do you mean extremely high barriers to entry No, though I will say it has been a little while (year and a half maybe?) since I did any analysis of the airline industry. Most MBA programs love to use Southwest as a case study for a variety of different business strategies...but the industry itself is often cited as an example of one that has low barriers to entry. if things have changed since then, my post could be wrong. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TommyG663513 04/11/17 12:02:38 PM #16: |
But Trump told me deregulation was a good thing
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E32005 04/11/17 12:11:07 PM #19: |
Darkman124 posted...
transport is kind of a no-win when you get down to it so if its a no win is it something we should let the gov't handle? --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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