[hermannj314]

This was the same criticism levied against AirBnB, Uber, cryptocurrency, prediction markets, sports betting apps, etc.

The border of legal and illegal is a good place to make money and change.

[suddenlybananas]

Yes doing illegal things and getting away with it is a great way to make money.

[hermannj314]

Some laws represent moral truths and some laws represent the attempt of a prior generation's upper class to protect that wealth.

The willingess to break a bad law is a sign of a good person.

[fragmede]

Just because a law is bad doesn't mean breaking it is a good thing. The laws against gambling are bad, but that's because they're too loose, not because they're too strict. Breaking those laws to gamble doesn't make gambling a good thing.

[suddenlybananas]

Yeah illegally running a cab is basically the same thing as being Rosa Parks.

[hermannj314]

Correct. While ride-sharing services aren't perfect, they have significantly reduced rates of service refusals and long-wait times based on race.

[amelius]

By that argument, start a company selling fentanyl because there will be demand for it?

Sorry, but your implied argument is flawed.

[hermannj314]

You might have to hold my hand on how you got there.

My actual argument was the ride-sharing addressed systemic racism that yellow cab companies did not, that is a good thing.

What net good would fentanyl do to society? If it exists, then yes, sell it. Clean, reliable fentanyl might be a good thing, I don't know.