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Why does it seem like so many people in authority just hate Uber? Is it the "dirty hippie" effect? Everything new is threatening and scary? What is it?
by jcromartie 12y ago
Why does it seem like so many people in authority just hate Uber? Is it the "dirty hippie" effect? Everything new is threatening and scary? What is it?
- VLM 12y ago"people in authority" get payoffs from organized crime, and Uber isn't playing along nicely. "Is it the "dirty hippie" effect?" sort of, read between the lines of the story, driver's second language is English, etc, there are two driving experiences in America, driving while white and driving while minority. The author seemed shocked to experience a fairly normal "driving while minority". I didn't find the story all that unusual from discussion with minority coworkers. If the driver was white, they would not have been hassled as per departmental policy, so there wouldn't have been a story. Looking at the history of enforcement of Jim Crow laws, being treated as a "dirty hippie" can be considered progress in race relations. Nobody got beaten, jailed, shot, or lynched.
- akerl_ 12y agoCan you point to any evidence that any actions in this article were caused by, exacerbated by, or in any way modified by any participants' views on the race of any other participants?
- Nursie 12y agoDirty hippies? Uber? The libertarian/ultracapitalist, big-business funded cab empire? LOL
- jcromartie 12y agoWell, that's why it's confusing.
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- stefantalpalaru 12y agoUber is skipping some necessary steps for doing business over there (like giving yearly donations to the police pension fund and making campaign contributions).