Re:Uber Co-Founder Travis Kalanick Said to Plan Sale of 29% ...
by Helmet on Friday January 05, 2018 @01:12PM
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> So then every single thing that pretty much every single monopolist has done is totally fine since, you know, it wasn't genocide?
What? I didn't say that it was "fine". I'm just trying to get a handle on the scope here. When I think of things that are morally reprehensible, I think of the things I mentioned in my post.
Clearly, I don't think Uber is there, so I disagree with the notion that they acted in a "morally reprehensible" way.
Do I think that they behaved unethically, even criminally so? Yes, I think that you can make a strong case for that.
Maybe I'm making a semantic argument? If so, I think I'm getting weary of our constant 24/7 media stream of outrage, and for that I apologize since that's neither here nor there...
Uber did lots of, if not ethically grey, completely unethical (and unlawful) things. Least of which includes tracking regulators and government inspectors, and also surveillance on their users and celebrities based on the rides they'd take. That's not even counting all the bro culture and sexual harassment that seems to have been rampant.
It does come from the top. A lot of those people that were fired, were hired by Kalanick.
Nobody's shedding a tear for a jerk like Kalanick, especially not after his multi-billion dollar payout. He'll be just fine. In fact, by any stretch of it, he's being HANDSOMELY rewarded for his behavior.
He has simply no reason to change.