But if we do that we have to accept that there are tradeoffs in the first place. We have to recognize that reasonable people might disagree about which tradeoff to make. We have to accept that even good decisions are likely to leave someone somewhere worse off. We might even have to gasp understand the historical and cultural context in which the current system arose.
Applying a slogan is so much easier.
Uber et al should have thought about those tradeoffs. That's my point.
Perhaps if we were able to classify regulation further it would be easier to analyze the tradeoffs of certain regulations rather than saying all regulation is bad or all regulation is good.