Uber-tarianism: A Modest Proposal
Uber et al have a lot of advantages over the traditional taxi cabs: generally lower prices; the certainty of knowing you’ve hired a ride share vehicle and it is actually coming to you, as opposed to attempting to hail a cab; and being able to contract for and pay for a ride without the rider knowing your race, radically reducing the racial discrimination against black consumers well known to African Americans and regularly depicted in American comedy. It’s capitalism and free markets abolishing racism and bigotry and making people wealthier by giving them more options and lower prices. As capitalism always does.