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>this is purified hubris, how can you not vomit on your keyboard while writing that?

I'm curious how you get around. Do you own a car? It's a fairly privileged view that only the well-off should have access to point-to-point transportation and maybe some civil disobedience was in order to rectify this injustice.

>maybe the mandate of SF is not to satisfy demand or Uber's profit incentive but to keep public interest in mind, e.g. ensure that Uber doesn't develop a monopoly on whatever a jump bike is.

Prior restraint on free enterprise that lacks negative externalities opens the door to crony capitalism replete with bribes, donations, and rent-seeking. In government, never ascribe to benevolence that which can be better explained by greed or power-seeking.

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all off topic generalities.