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Re:Uber will charge significantly more per trip as new Seatt... by astrea on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @10:54PM (#25589413)
Assuming that your narrative is factual, is it Uber's obligation to subsidize the government's infrastructure failings?
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Re:Uber will charge significantly more per trip as new Seatt... by neuromanser on Thursday December 31, 2020 @01:00AM (#25590027)
(Not the parent poster.) I believe this question needs to be answered first: is society obligated to subsidize Uber? I believe the answer is "no". Uber is not owed any profit. A life-sustaining income does not have to be in the form of food stamps. A law prescribing life-sustaining wages is a government's infrastructure.
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Re:Uber will charge significantly more per trip as new Seatt... by astrea on Thursday December 31, 2020 @11:46AM (#25594263)
They aren't obligated to subsidize Uber. However, they are within their right to set their own prices.
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Re:Uber will charge significantly more per trip as new Seatt... by throwaway201103 on Thursday December 31, 2020 @02:18AM (#25590379)
Uber doesn't owe society its existence or jobs either. If they shut down, who's paying the life-sustaining wages?
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Re:Uber will charge significantly more per trip as new Seatt... by oblio on Thursday December 31, 2020 @07:23AM (#25592008)
Didn't society exist before Uber? I'm not sure.

Also, did Uber build the roads, bridges, parking lots? Did it research the internet? I also heard GPS was researched in a secret Uber lab...

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