Almost in stark contrast to yesterday, today I saw tangible impact of lady-representation in comics.Īt the bookstore I work at, we have a dedicated Adventure Time section. But it didn’t seem to matter: Uber may not be pro-Trump, but it is Trumpian. The Uber founder didn’t endorse Trump or support his policies. And Kalanick’s decision to attend a meeting with Trump in order to disagree with him helped prompt the #DeleteUber wave. When Uber cut surge pricing for protesters (and thus, wages for drivers) heading for US airports, it found itself apologizing. Uber has sought to steer clear of Trump, but their values are so close that the brands are utterly intertwined in the public imagination. They are our defining brands, and their core values of reflexive aggression and casual dishonesty are the decade’s defining values, seven years in. Indeed, Trump and Uber represent the pinnacle of this decade’s American success. Indeed, it is hard to think of a figure from the last five years who has been as successful as Kalanick, save one of course - President Donald Trump. Uber - and the boom - have been defined both by massive new conveniences and by a corporate culture that is aggressive, paranoid, and dismissive of, in particular, complaints from women a culture of enemies lists and cavalier approaches to the law. But it is a company whose cultural darkness is inseparable from its place as the icon of the tech boom. They will leave having built the most valuable private company in the world.

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