Huelga
Andalusian taxi drivers are on strike this weekend. They are up in arms about Uber and other rideshare companies.
Yet, this strike, or huelga in Spanish, is about much more. Two taxis drivers I talked to skipped over the Uber conversation, straight to big American tech companies: Amazon and Google are the real evil to them. Politicians are in bed with them. It is time to protect Spain from these companies, who ruin it for the small business owner, the taxi driver, the corner restaurant. And above all, they are benefit from Spain, without paying any taxes here (supposedly).
Google has fallen a long way from the Do No Evil mantra and hot tech company everybody wanted to be associated with. Now, it exemplifies all that is wrong with American culture and greedy companies.