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Re:Uber Co-Founder Travis Kalanick Said to Plan Sale of 29% ... by Fricken on Friday January 05, 2018 @04:01AM (#16077465)
What makes a government legit? People support it.

What makes Uber legit? People support it.

Although I guess a government doesn't need the support of the people to maintain legitimacy, it just needs to be able to maintain a monopoly on violence. And if Uber had a monopoly on the taxi industry maybe it wouldn't need the people's support either.

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Re:Uber Co-Founder Travis Kalanick Said to Plan Sale of 29% ... by forapurpose on Friday January 05, 2018 @07:07PM (#16082898)
> What makes a government legit? People support it.

> What makes Uber legit? People support it.

Really? Uber has the legitimacy of government? Wow.

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Re:Uber Co-Founder Travis Kalanick Said to Plan Sale of 29% ... by 659087 on Friday January 05, 2018 @09:10AM (#16078631)
It's not hard to gain support when you're selling dollars bills for half price.
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