> If more people agree with Uber than some antiquated laws, I have no problem with supporting Uber. How do you know if "more people agree"? Has there been a pu

> If more people agree with Uber than some antiquated laws, I have no problem with supporting Uber. How do you know if "more people agree"? Has there been a public debate and a vote? If there was a vote, it would be direct democracy, which has some serious drawbacks. One is that most people have very little time to become informed on these issues; that's why they elect representatives to deal with them. Finally, straight majority rule is just mob rule. Someone said, 'democracy must be more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner'. What if the majority wanted to take your house away? Take your business away? Stop someone from speaking? Stop the minority party from accepting donations? That's why we have the rule of law, not the rule of the majority.