right? i mean, i'm a software developer contractor. should i be able to keep doing it so, or am i too dumb to realize that "my situation is actually bad"?
i get it, gig jobs are not perfect -- but for a lot of people, it's the only job they have. do california lawmakers think that no job is better than a shitty job?
This is part of a super generic tradeoff between liberty and public good that differs from case to case depending on your culture and values. For example, should we ban smoking? What about meth? And so on.
That strikes me as a pretty condescending point of view. Shouldn't adults be allowed to make their own decisions on what is best for their own lives?