We don’t have an actual free market, because it only allows for market changes by those already with the wealth to do so. Thus, we have “disruption” of taxi service to be gig economy jobs to drive people around as Uber of Lyft, burning through willing drivers, because it’s nearly impossible to make money at the gamified gig that benefits the creator of the new system. And you put existing taxi services out of business, by siphoning away their easiest customer base.
We used to have all these amazing Greyhound stations in America, and one by one, they’ve been shuttered and sold off, and now, for the most part, if you catch a Greyhound (if they still serve you where you are), you stand outside somewhere until it shows up, just standing around like a fuckin’ pigeon. And the old Greyhound stations were beautiful a lot of times! The Greyhound station in Charlottesville has been shut down for a while, fenced off, nobody’s bought it, looks like some work has been done inside minimally, but mostly it’s just an abandoned hulk of building that could be a goddamned bus station.
I say all this because one of the great cultural achievements that is so easily overlooked is the Transportation to Sound System channel, where a taxi driver or bus driver spends so much of their life behind the wheel, that they obviously need to keep themselves entertained, so they develop a love for playing music they love. It’s the DJ/curator on wheels aesthetic, and in many places, when combined with individual buses, which can be decorated in colorful creative aesthetics (as is often the case in non-American parts of the world), it creates a whole vibe. And who doesn’t want a whole vibe when you’re stuck on a bus for a long ass ride?
In America, we are controlled by legal ownership principles, so even if someone has a bus or cab idea, they paint them all in trademarked patterns that are patented and claimed as unique proprietary material, instead of just letting your longest time drivers also be owners and paint that shit up however they see fit, to help them enjoy their days spent working. Anyways, shout out to all the taxi cab and bus drivers out there with their signature sounds that they blast and sing along to and often times annoy white America with, because we seemingly have been trained to only appreciate the bland of the free (trademarked).
We used to have all these amazing Greyhound stations in America, and one by one, they’ve been shuttered and sold off, and now, for the most part, if you catch a Greyhound (if they still serve you where you are), you stand outside somewhere until it shows up, just standing around like a fuckin’ pigeon. And the old Greyhound stations were beautiful a lot of times! The Greyhound station in Charlottesville has been shut down for a while, fenced off, nobody’s bought it, looks like some work has been done inside minimally, but mostly it’s just an abandoned hulk of building that could be a goddamned bus station.
I say all this because one of the great cultural achievements that is so easily overlooked is the Transportation to Sound System channel, where a taxi driver or bus driver spends so much of their life behind the wheel, that they obviously need to keep themselves entertained, so they develop a love for playing music they love. It’s the DJ/curator on wheels aesthetic, and in many places, when combined with individual buses, which can be decorated in colorful creative aesthetics (as is often the case in non-American parts of the world), it creates a whole vibe. And who doesn’t want a whole vibe when you’re stuck on a bus for a long ass ride?
In America, we are controlled by legal ownership principles, so even if someone has a bus or cab idea, they paint them all in trademarked patterns that are patented and claimed as unique proprietary material, instead of just letting your longest time drivers also be owners and paint that shit up however they see fit, to help them enjoy their days spent working. Anyways, shout out to all the taxi cab and bus drivers out there with their signature sounds that they blast and sing along to and often times annoy white America with, because we seemingly have been trained to only appreciate the bland of the free (trademarked).
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