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Saw the tweets this morning, a bit terrifying. Humanity always somehow surprises me in its capacity for meaningless violence.

tokenizer 13y ago
Sadly, they probably see the uber drivers as scabs. Even though that's like if the Police went on strike, and started beating up employed security guards...
- hapless 13y ago
  In this case, they ARE scabs.
  - tokenizer 13y ago
    How so? Are they Taxi drivers? Are Taxi drivers in Paris in a Industrial Union or a Craft Union? Do you feel like their violence against other citizens are justified?
tetrep 13y ago
to be fair, it's not meaningless. it's very much done to instill fear into the Uber drivers, who they most likely see as scabs.
loceng 13y ago
Fear of survival for yourself and your family? How's that meaningless? Perhaps misdirected, though clearly they're worried.
- trekky1700 13y ago
  The fear isn't meaningless, but the violence is. There is no reality where smashing the windows on a cab is going to change their situation.
  - smackfu 13y ago
    Makes other people less likely to drive for Uber, eh?
    - ivanca 13y ago
      And for taxis themselves; people who destroy other companies cars are not my favorite drivers.
    - trekky1700 13y ago
      I suppose, I guess almost all violence then becomes meaningful too. I guess unnecessary would be the better word. Though really I just don't want to live on this planet anymore.
      - loceng 13y ago
        So keep engaging with it and helping lead it to change through example. However if you get tired of that, I hear there are applications to live in Mars. I have ambitious long-term plans to help impact this in a practical way if you're interested in hearing. I'm living in Toronto currently too. It feels like I am quite far away from having the team together I will need to execute it all, though hoping it's only around the corner.
    - roel_v 13y ago
      You mean just like setting fire to schools for girls will make it less likely that girls get educations?
      - lmm 13y ago
        Well, it will. That action is many things, but it's not meaningless.
      - pessimizer 13y ago
        Exactly like that, except against regulatory arbitrage rather than the religious suppression of women.

tokenizer 13y ago

Sadly, they probably see the uber drivers as scabs. Even though that's like if the Police went on strike, and started beating up employed security guards...

hapless 13y ago
In this case, they ARE scabs.
- tokenizer 13y ago
  How so? Are they Taxi drivers? Are Taxi drivers in Paris in a Industrial Union or a Craft Union? Do you feel like their violence against other citizens are justified?

tetrep 13y ago

to be fair, it's not meaningless. it's very much done to instill fear into the Uber drivers, who they most likely see as scabs.

loceng 13y ago

Fear of survival for yourself and your family? How's that meaningless? Perhaps misdirected, though clearly they're worried.

trekky1700 13y ago
The fear isn't meaningless, but the violence is. There is no reality where smashing the windows on a cab is going to change their situation.
- smackfu 13y ago
  Makes other people less likely to drive for Uber, eh?
  - ivanca 13y ago
    And for taxis themselves; people who destroy other companies cars are not my favorite drivers.
  - trekky1700 13y ago
    I suppose, I guess almost all violence then becomes meaningful too. I guess unnecessary would be the better word. Though really I just don't want to live on this planet anymore.
    - loceng 13y ago
      So keep engaging with it and helping lead it to change through example. However if you get tired of that, I hear there are applications to live in Mars. I have ambitious long-term plans to help impact this in a practical way if you're interested in hearing. I'm living in Toronto currently too. It feels like I am quite far away from having the team together I will need to execute it all, though hoping it's only around the corner.
  - roel_v 13y ago
    You mean just like setting fire to schools for girls will make it less likely that girls get educations?
    - lmm 13y ago
      Well, it will. That action is many things, but it's not meaningless.
    - pessimizer 13y ago
      Exactly like that, except against regulatory arbitrage rather than the religious suppression of women.