The Disruption Double Standard

Eric Fruits January 22, 2025

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Acomment published in my local alt-weekly newspaper raised a provocative question:

Funny, isn’t it, how when some tech billionaire “disrupts” an industry, bankrupting businesses and putting people out of work, it’s presented as a good thing, yet when the state “disrupts” an industry to cut back on fossil fuels pollution and other environmental damage, the disruption is presented as a problem.

I live in Portland, Oregon, and comments like these are sure to generate a lot of nodding heads and silent finger snaps.

Read the full piece here.