I would call myself a socialist and my biggest reason for disliking Uber is that it is filling the highways with drivers who no longer have valid insurance, and

I would call myself a socialist and my biggest reason for disliking Uber is that it is filling the highways with drivers who no longer have valid insurance, and whose vehicles are not adhering to the level of maintenance checks usually required for commercial vehicles that spend all day on the road. So anti-Uber sentiment can exist for much more mundane reasons like insurance coverage. The comoditization of labour (skilled and unskilled - don't think that you are immune) is already well underway anyway, and Uber makes little difference to the process. The number of Uber drivers is tiny compared to the number of warehouse pickers, fast food workers, cleaners, social carers, designers, labourers, mechanics etc etc who are on zero hours contracts or have been reclassified as self employed contractors. The main reason to talk about Uber is that it's in the public consciousness at the moment, not because transport drivers are a special case. I guess it also has a lot of high profile backers. So we can talk about how Paul Graham thinks European countries lack 'entrepreneurial spirit' because they want drivers on their roads to be insured. Uber is a case where the capitalists got their order of attack slightly off. They needed to 'disrupt' the idea of insurance first, because at the moment there is a widespread understanding of the need for driver insurance and going against that just makes you look like a massive asshole. It's always helpful in a debate when your opponent keeps scoring own-goals, as Ubers cheerleaders do. The example of Uber is appealing, because it's probably an easy victory. Maybe Uber will get insurance laws rewritten and in a few years we will all be enjoying the freedom of driving on roads without the regulative burden of mandatory insurance. That won't be an easy argument to win though, even with massive wealth of their backers and assistance from lobbyists like ALEC . So I strongly disagree with your description of anti-uber sentiment as doomed to failure.