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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by blackguardx on Friday March 03, 2017 @04:36PM (#13786896)
How far does your scofflaw streak go? Is this different from adding law enforcement blocking controls to any illegal tech product? Should everyone get to decide what laws to follow?

I think you are describing anarcho-capitalism, not libertarianism.

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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by mirimir on Saturday March 04, 2017 @09:13AM (#13790942)
But here's the thing: What we have now is anarchy. It's just that the powerful make the laws, and con the masses. Some places it looks like capitalism, other places more like kleptocracy. But just about everywhere, the game is rigged.
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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by mindcrime on Saturday March 04, 2017 @07:34PM (#13793858)
I think you are describing anarcho-capitalism, not libertarianism

FWIW, I consider those terms, along with "voluntaryist" and/or "market anarchist" to be approximately synonymous for all practical purposes.

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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by Karunamon on Friday March 03, 2017 @04:54PM (#13787100)
Should everyone get to decide what laws to follow?

You act as if they don't already. Society works pretty well anyways.

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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by blackguardx on Friday March 03, 2017 @05:07PM (#13787255)
Tell that to the millions of Americans in prison. How did that work out for them?
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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by jessaustin on Friday March 03, 2017 @06:25PM (#13787881)
That example is supposed to inspire us to respect the law more? You need more practice at this rhetoric thing...
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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by blackguardx on Friday March 03, 2017 @06:53PM (#13788049)
I didn't say you had to respect it. Unjust laws should be changed. There is a process for that.

It is fundamentally unfair to have one segment of society (tech workers) have a different set of rules than the rest. Do you disagree?

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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by odbol on Friday March 03, 2017 @11:24PM (#13789256)
The process doesn't work as well as you think it does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig
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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by Karunamon on Friday March 03, 2017 @05:16PM (#13787355)
Society > USA.
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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by hype7 on Friday March 03, 2017 @04:55PM (#13787105)
Yes, everyone should decide what laws to follow. Ask rosa parks or any poor soul unfortunate enough to be a citizen of nazi Germany.
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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by pharrington on Friday March 03, 2017 @05:02PM (#13787195)
The civil rights movement was in no way about the abolition of the rule of law. Hitler's promise of greatness actually did seduce a ton of the economically and socially devastated German population. Hitler was a known outlaw. Even if you can't yet think your premise through to the end, at least consider the consistency and truth of your own words.
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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by Spooky23 on Friday March 03, 2017 @05:34PM (#13787492)
So Travis Kalanick is a modern day Rosa Parks? Really?
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