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How come noone is pointing out that paying 12041 to Uber is paaying 12041 to undermine society by ignoring the rule of law and to roll back protections organize
by chx 8y ago
How come noone is pointing out that paying 12041 to Uber is paaying 12041 to undermine society by ignoring the rule of law and to roll back protections organizer labor achieved over a hundred years? Shame on you.
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- trumped 8y agoIf what Uber is doing is illegal, why are they allowed to continue operating?
- grepthisab 8y agoTruly an awful line of reasoning. To add a little substance to that comment per HN guidelines: they could be being investigated now, the gov may not have caught up with their illegality yet, etc. etc. etc.
- trumped 8y agoright, and the comment that I was replying to was just assuming that it was illegal even if they haven't been convicted... I know nobody likes Uber here, including me, but it's a bit of a witch hunt
- kinsomo 8y ago> If what Uber is doing is illegal, why are they allowed to continue operating? Because the set of things that are wrong is a subset of the things that are illegal. Uber also has a documented history of doing actual illegal things. It even went so far as to build technology specifically to avoid law enforcement authorities: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/technology/uber-greyball-program-evade-authorities.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/technology/uber-greyball-...
- Anderkent 8y agoSome laws should be ignored; it's how the law system improves. A law that is obeyed by everyone will never be changed, because the opportunity cost is not made visible.
- chx 8y agoSociety would collapse if every company could pick which regulation they want to ignore. That is not how the law evolves. Protests, campaigns etc swings public opinion yes but not this.
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- jonknee 8y agoTaxi medallions weren't a huge win for organized labor, they were a huge win for organized crime. Taxi drivers have been getting the short of the stick for a long time, it's not like it was a lucrative position before Uber came along.
- chx 8y agoNo, the organized labors wins are undone by creating this "sharing economy" where instead of employment you can be an "independent contractor".