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Uber repeatedly flouted bans and circumvented regulators.
by earthboundkid 7y ago
Uber repeatedly flouted bans and circumvented regulators.
- Karunamon 7y agoArguably to everyone's benefit. It took Uber coming in and flouting those regulations to prove that the medallion laws and such were more about regulatory capture than safety, and as a bonus it provided a kick in the ass to the established players to start competing on serivce, if not price.
- earthboundkid 7y agoNo. The rules around breaking the law are very clear. If you feel that a law is unjust, you can do an MLK and openly flout it and then take the consequences. If you think it's just unwise, you can lobby against it. You don't get to just break laws "because internet and libertarianism". That behavior should get you thrown in jail. On the specific question of medallions, medallions have the ostensible purpose of managing traffic congestion. Libertarians contend that this reasoning is just a cover for rent seeking by suppressing competition. Libertarians have been proven wrong by the huge increase in traffic in NYC as ride hailing congests the streets.
- ddalex 7y agoPeople running Uber did. Uber is a magical entity that lives in the minds of people, it has no will on its own.
- earthboundkid 7y agoThank you for this pertinent clarification.
- ddalex 7y agoMy point was actually that you can do an Uber for X without necessarily breaking the laws, the fact that Uber breaks the laws isn't invalidating the business model.