Ok come on. You can at least comprehend the thesis of the piece. "Entrepreneur" drivers have poor job security. Is this a fundamentally better model for the middle class than being an Avon salesperson? That is a totally legit issues to discuss.
This may be a perfectly good short-term way to earn some cash, but the article is about the bigger picture for our economy. Don't pretend to not understand when you're really just tuning it out.
That's true of entrepreneurs in general. I think most of the people doing that would rather have "poor job security" than "no job security" (or the alternative of simply no job) - which is the case for almost all workers without specific special skills.
> Is this a fundamentally better model for the middle class than being an Avon salesperson?
Comparing it to MLM who's business model is dependent on replicating itself is a completely different use case than what this is.
There is a bigger point that the article tries to call our attention to. If the choice is between "poor" job security and "no" job security, that is a pretty terrible choice. It does not blame Lyft et al directly. It asks us to consider the broader implications for our economy, and if anything, whether the "sharing economy" is truly its savior. That is the analogy with Avon et al for the previous generation (not the precise business model).
This may be a perfectly good short-term way to earn some cash, but the article is about the bigger picture for our economy. Don't pretend to not understand when you're really just tuning it out.