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ffadfaafdf
11y ago
Chance plays no role here. It is a red-herring you invented and you can't see past it. Let me simplify it for you with a realistic example: Without surge pricing, nobody gets to drive, because the weather is so poor. With surge pricing
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ffadfaafdf
11y ago
No I correctly assumes that in the first one chance is the only excluder I never even said that. I said you assumed the number of drivers stays the same, the argument you haven't addressed at all.
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ffadfaafdf
11y ago
You incorrectly assume the same number of drivers in both modes. With surge pricing there are more drivers, therefore more people get the drive, making it strictly better.
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ffadfaafdf
11y ago
From the perspective of those who can afford surge pricing this is an improvement not for those who cant. Those who can't afford it are at the same position, their status hasn't changed. Without it, nobody can use the taxis, wit
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ffadfaafdf
11y ago
Don't you see the fallacy here. Tobacco was carved-out primarily because of their unreasonably aggressive lawsuits and not because tobacco is unhealthy. Using reason, we should ban either all companies, because all companies have the p
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ffadfaafdf
11y ago
^ The mentality that brought us the security theater at the TSA, the incredibly invasive surveillance of the internet by simply collecting everything on it, and continued reduction of personal rights in favor of "security". Enjoy