France reacts to mob violence against Uber by detaining the company's executives

Houston Politics Examiner ^ | June 30, 2015 | Mark R. Whittington

[Marcus]

Recently, Parisian taxi drivers decided to deal with competition they have been getting from a new Internet car service called Uber by rioting and physically attacking cars they suspected of being part of that company. French authorities decided to deal with the situation by detaining two Uber executives and accusing them of running an “illicit service,” according to a Monday story in USA Today, The action illustrates how a bureaucratic, European socialist company reacts to change brought on by technology and entrepreneurial activity, by trying to ban it.

[SpaceBar]

Parisian taxi drivers

code for muzzies

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Socialist / Crony Capitalism at its best. Protect the cartel and its workers by physically assaulting and jailing the competition. It happens here in the US too — just come to Philadelphia and try to build something with non-union workers and you’ll experience the same threats and violence.

[Blue Jays]

Uber drivers should festoon their cars with multi-colored rainbows so they would be protected from taxi driver attack.
The rainbow is ostensibly the most powerful symbol in the world at this time.

[Jane Long]

Let me see if I have this right...

[Steve_Seattle]

I know very little about Uber; my impression is it’s a slightly upscale version of a taxi company. For some reason, it has attracted the ire of liberals. Can someone explain why? As committed snobs, they usually glom onto anything that is upscale and pricey.