Über Alles?

So Transport for London has banned Uber from the Capital?  Whatever the rights or wrongs, I am irresistibly reminded of French workers in the 19th century who, worried that new automated machines would rob them of their jobs, took to throwing their wooden clogs (sabots) into the machines to wreck them - hence our word "sabotage".  The pressure for banning Uber has mainly come from the black cab drivers, who are equally worried that the Uber model will eventually mean the end of their livelihood.  They may well be right, but you can't stop progress, and the expression "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" springs to mind.