Originally Posted by
Dahon.Steve
Dave:
The past continues to return and it's not pointless.
The past has already happened... of course it is pointless. We don't need antique maps to chart a path today.
Originally Posted by
Dahon.Steve
Urber is a another version of a prior transport model that was eliminated..... because political powers did not want to see an end to their revenue stream. Urber is having the same problems but will succeed because they have hundreds of millions in funding and an army of lawyers.
I can tell you are not a real fan of history! You think the privately owned roads (yes even the roads were privately owned 200 years ago in America) didn't have lawyers?!?!
Money and lawyers can't stop what is happening.
Originally Posted by
Dahon.Steve
It's only in the past 100 years that government took control but now we have the technology to take it back and in the process make millions more carfree.
Corruption, and dependence on an ever enlarging government... is greater now than at any point in history. Technology and bicycles can have no effect against an ever encompassing state of regulation.
Originally Posted by
Dahon.Steve
History has a way of repeating itself and we are now watching it.
Thomas Jefferson would be a good read.... if you really think the solutions can be found in history. He foresaw the natural advancement of government... and resulting tyranny... and he offered his own flavor of solutions as well.