[onion2k]

The notion of "I want mine and screw everyone else" ignores the part of the problem that's 'socialized' - all the infrastructure that's necessary to support you and your car. You're not really arguing that you should be able to drive your car. You're arguing that you should be able to drive your car and that society should pay to maintain all the roads, bridges, tunnels, parking lots, etc that you rely on.

Owning a car is a fundamentally socialist dream (like most things that require public infrastructure really). I can absolutely assure you that you won't be able to afford to drive if a lot of other people decide to stop. Maintaining roads, building new ones, making sure bridges don't fall down, etc is really expensive.

[fyloraspit]

But don't their taxes and other associated costs (road, vehicle registration, fuel, etc.) pay that?

Do you know what else is expensive? Travelling long distances and crossing bodies of water with more cargo than can reasonably be carried, without a vehicle and somewhere to drive it.

[BirAdam]

It’s not fundamentally socialist or capitalist. Driving a car assumes that there are people paid to do jobs that support it. From drilling oil, to making breaks and tires, and supporting the vehicles, to paving roads and building bridges. Roads and bridges can be privatized, and there are plenty of privately owned roads in the USA.

The real issue with cars imho isn’t the support. The real problem to me is the highway system encouraging sprawl, which then forces many to own a vehicle whether or not they want really one.