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Why does Uber have so many people from the Obama administration? I believe David Plouffe also works for them.
by LordHumungous 10y ago
Why does Uber have so many people from the Obama administration? I believe David Plouffe also works for them.
- fleitz 10y agoHave you seen the politics around what they do?
- yummyfajitas 10y agoUber is in the complex position of engaging in civil disobedience and direct political action in order to give consumers the freedom to choose new transportation options (which includes, but is not limited to Uber). As such, hiring a bunch of political operatives is necessary. It also illustrates a big flaw in capitalism. Uber is spending a lot of money fixing government, and after they spend the money their competitors can come in and reap the benefits for free. I truly don't understand why so many investors are giving them money to throw at what is essentially altruism, but I'm glad they are.
- te_chris 10y ago"fixing government"
- r00fus 10y agoIs that what they call lobbying these days?
- jethro_tell 10y agoUh, it's not a sit in for the right to use the same schools as the taxi companies, it's a calculated money grab. It's a bet that they can make enough progress before they go under. Sure, they saw the writing on the wall first, and I don't think anyone thinks this isn't where we will be in a few years, especially with self driving cars, but they're not MLK and co. They're a business that's intentionally breaking rules to make money. Edit: The rules they are breaking may be silly, but they aren't fighting a moral cause. I guess this is the natural progression of corporations are people too.
- smokeyj 10y ago> but they aren't fighting a moral cause What exactly do you think I want from a car ride? I encourage everyone to break stupid rules. Let's leave the moralizing to religion.
- CaptainZapp 10y agoI encourage everyone to break stupid rules Like, your driver not being intoxicated? Like, the person responsible for your life adhered to her mandatory rest period? Like the person driving you around is properly insured for the case that your face crashes through the windshield, because he was focused on his GPS and didn't note the lorry, which had right of way? Like showing a modicum of sense of place and orientation without being dependent on a GPS? Yeah! let's fuck all those rules! They are purely for moralists!
- nb777 10y agoThere are way more important rules when it comes to passenger safety like e.g. driving according to the speed limit. I had a lot of taxi rides in my life and they definetly didn't feel safer than uber/lyft rides since, at least in my country, taxi drivers drive like lunatics.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoIt's completely clear that by encouraging civil disobedience against stupid rules he actually meant breaking all the rules. Similarly when MLK supported Rosa Parks after she broke the law against sitting in the wrong place, he definitely meant for everyone to break the laws against rape and murder.
- smokeyj 10y agoSo if I give someone a ride for free, that's okay. But if I were to offer this ride in exchange for something - then that's bad? And what about the morality of telling two consenting adults how they can peacefully organize? Do you always like telling people how to live their lives with the threat of violence? Sounds like the type of religion that would lead to mass starvation. Oh wait..
- NegativeLatency 10y agoThis reads like someone payed you off, or you aren't looking at the situation holistically.
- LordHumungous 10y ago"civil disobedience" LOL. Give me a fucking break. Don't you dare use a term from the civil rights movement in reference to Uber.