Those Silicon Valley geniuses have done it again!

Next week- “it’s like the subway, but with AI!”

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        6 months ago

        It is privately owned public transportation. Same as taxi. Same as supermarkets and malls being privately owned public places. And some Muslims and parks.

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          6 months ago

          Why? Most of our businesses are private. The stores you go are private, the taxi you take are private, the cinema, the airlines, hell even electric and water companies are private. What so special about Uber that it has to be publicly owned? We do have public busses, this will be on top of that.

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            6 months ago

            Name an industry where a private corporation competes with a local government monopoly?

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              6 months ago

              Pretty much every industry in a developed country. Every decent country will have private and social healthcare which compete with each other. It will also have a whole range of private and government owned transport options. And oil rich countries like Norway will have both public and private oil companies.