Nah. The irony is that while staying private, being combative with governments and relying on independent contractors to operate their business allowed them to

Nah. The irony is that while staying private, being combative with governments and relying on independent contractors to operate their business allowed them to reach this size, it also prevents them from having any leverage to ask for a bailout. No jobs to save. No retail investors to protect. No switching costs. No feel-good story for a politician to get behind. If Uber fails it'll get parceled up by the remaining players in a heartbeat, either by selling parts of itself (at best) or everyone just switching.