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I agree absolutely. I've no experience of medallion systems but they seem clearly ridiculous. I do see the argument for quota systems that enable limit licenc

I agree absolutely. I've no experience of medallion systems but they seem clearly ridiculous. I do see the argument for quota systems that enable limit licence numbers to keep wages at a level where drivers are incentivised to maintain their cars and work a 40-hour week. I suppose my complaint is that every dispute seems to be unquestioningly painted as Good (Uber) vs Evil (Council, State, Government, Police).

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smsm42 12y ago
If side X tries to bring new service wildly popular with customers, universally voluntarily chosen by providers, providing better prices and better service, and side Y tries to prevent them from doing this citing arbitrary laws and interests of entrenched lobbying rent-seekers, having nothing to do with actual service-providers and mostly relying on FUD and denying choice to the customers - is that big of a stretch to paint side X as "good" and side Y as "evil"? If somebody tells me "you can not buy service from X because I compete with X and I want to charge you more while providing crappy service and I know you won't ever choose me voluntarily, so I'll buy a politician and make him take your choice away" - why would not I tell such a person "you are evil, go away!"?