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I think you mentally inserted the word "than" between his words "true" and "when". If he had written it that way, then your indignation would be justified. As i
by morganvachon 12y ago
I think you mentally inserted the word "than" between his words "true" and "when". If he had written it that way, then your indignation would be justified. As it is written, it means that when it comes to ride sharing companies, that quote rings true in a profound way.
The way you misread it, it would indeed seem to say that the situation with ride sharing companies violating the law is exactly what old Thomas Jefferson was talking about. But you misread it, obviously.
- waterlesscloud 12y agoI probably did mentally insert "than", but that doesn't make it any less absurd to use a Jefferson quote in an attempt to elevate this to some sort of righteous crusade. I'm totally missing any "profundity" here, sorry.
- morganvachon 12y agoI'll respectfully disagree; the point was that civil disobedience is valid and necessary when a law is absurd or doesn't serve the good of the people. The fact that one of our founding fathers said it makes it no less relevant or profound today. And I don't even like Uber; I think in general they treat their drivers like crap, and I realize that they are only flouting this law because it stands in the way of their business model. But just as with Tesla (a company I do respect), they are breaking new ground and showing the rest of the country that these archaic laws exist only to protect the establishment. The laws should be reexamined, and if the people find that the laws are incompatible with their needs, the laws should be changed.