Have you tried taking public transport yourself to commute to work? In most cities in the US, it’s unreliable, inefficient, or straight up not even there. For many commuters, driving is the only option.

It's freedom to go where you want so long as you

• register with the government
• insure it
• get a license
• maintain it (likely by paying someone else to do it, since it's a complicated skill set )
  • figure out fuel and oil sources
• probably other stuff I'm forgetting

persoally, I think being able to walk or bike somewhere is more free. Public transit that's just always there, running every couple minutes, is also good.

As to "take a bus", part of the problem, and part of why communities like "fuck cars" gain traction, is that most places are car-first, and thus taking a bus isn't a viable option. These modes of transit aren't equal. Where my parents live in the suburbs it would be a long dangerous walk to a bus stop, and then the buses don't run often, or go many places.

People aren't mad at cars out of spite. They're mad because car-first culture is bad ecologically, socially, and economically.

If you don’t like driving, then don’t. Take a bus, a train, or bike

That's exactly the problem: I can't, my city has shitty bus routes with 1 hour frequency, trains are non existent, bike infrastructure only on dreams. That's the freedom we want, but with car centric infrastructure, we don't have the freedom to choose how to move and function on this society

I'd love to walk, bike, or take the bus, but there are no busses where I live, sparse sidewalks, and no bike lanes. You do the math.

I buy all of my cars outright, but have never been forced. Owning cars, driving cars, working on cars, and selling cars are all joys to be had.

You're a person after my own heart. Cars deserve better than to be used for commuting.

The more people we can get to not use cars for things the better cars will be. They wouldn't design ugly drab eggs in three colors if cars weren't treated like appliances.