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Bill Gurley Is Leaving Uber’s Board

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johan_larson ◴[22 Jun 17 01:32 UTC] No.14609498[source]▶
I remain flabbergasted by all of this upheaval at Uber. What's happening is the sort of housecleaning I would expect if the company had to file for bankruptcy or got caught flat out bribing judges or something. But really, what triggered all this was acting like jerks.

It seems to me, what should have happened (a long time ago) was that they got shut down for systematically breaking the law, or encouraging others to do so. That would have made sense.

But instead they are getting flayed alive by not much more than bad press for being jerks. Makes no goddamn sense.

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beaner ◴[22 Jun 17 01:59 UTC] No.14609591[source]▶
I feel like it makes perfect sense. It's capitalism in action. They are free to act like jerks, and their users and stakeholders are free to punish them for it.
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astrange ◴[22 Jun 17 02:09 UTC] No.14609624[source]▶
That isn't freedom, it's privatized crime and punishment. It's the same as saying you're free to be homeless if you can't afford rent.

(Except this is good.)

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1. beaner ◴[22 Jun 17 02:15 UTC] No.14609653[source]▶
I don't really see how it's privatized crime and punishment. Being a jerk isn't illegal. And the "punishment" is economic, not forceful. I don't think your analogy works.