This whole idea is fucking terrifying. Normalizing not having cars i.e. making people dependent on the government from birth. If you didn't understand what Americans were complaining about with gun laws you will soon.
* Car users are quite dependent on the government for transportation, e.g. the many billions (in the US) of public dollars spent on roads each year. Hard to get around without them!
* Even if we hand-wave that away and assume car users aren't dependent on the government for transportation, surely _everyone_ is dependent for other reasons like enjoying public goods (national defense, clean air and water, rule of law), access to the social safety net, etc.?
We live in a complex modern world with a lot of dependencies and moving parts.
IMHO relying on cars makes us more dependent on the government, overall, because then we depend on road maintenance, fuel supply, fuel subsidies, raw materials and transport for auto parts, et cetera. The government is a critical actor in ensuring all of this.
If you think "no cars" is a good idea, live under a government that takes away your right to public transport. It may not happen right now where you live, but if they need leverage against you, they could use that, and there would be nothing you could do.
Roads are also mostly build by the Government.
A lot of people around the world are born in government build/run hospitals.
Nothing better than a city without car, it's exactly the reverse: we have pure freedom (and health)
Not everyone is a troll when they disagree with you.
The whole concept is silly on its face.
It's counter-intuitive, and I miss it.