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In the first scene of this terrific episode, Travis Kalanick likens himself to General George S. Patton when talking about his Uber “family,” a typically odd and distasteful reference, especially as it comes after news that a dozen Uber drivers have been murdered in Brazil. His callousness recalls another military man once played by George C. Scott in the movies, General “Buck” Turgidson in Dr. Strangelove. Advising the president in the War Room over nuclear war scenarios with the Soviet Union,…
