> random government licensing scheme Presumably you mean that because there's government, it's arbitrary and likely fraudulent. I'm not sure how that's worse

> random government licensing scheme Presumably you mean that because there's government, it's arbitrary and likely fraudulent. I'm not sure how that's worse than Alice showing up with a card swiper, or showing up with Bob's card swiper, but... whatever. > ridesharing services where driver and customer are considered peers. The cognitive dissonance here makes my head hurt. What exactly is the person "sharing" their car with you? The "serious knowledge" is the stuff that lets them get you through recent construction to the recently-renamed hotel where Corporate booked you.