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Uber and Lyft are a nice, private sector solution to excessive car ownership. But Austin got rid of them.
by blisterpeanuts 10y ago
Uber and Lyft are a nice, private sector solution to excessive car ownership. But Austin got rid of them.
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agoLike I said, perfect society, free society. Austinites wanted more assurance that they would be safe in Uber/Lyft drivers' cars, and rightly so. There have been enough of cases of Uber drivers committing violent acts against passengers to make people afraid and want more security. They made their opinions clear via referendum, a shining example of democracy in action. But democracy != capitalism; China proved that. They swung the pendulum too far, and now nobody's happy.