Yes it is. People praise the car as the ultimate freedom because they imagine that they can take that car anywhere.

They can!

But the moment they have a problem with their car, they literally can’t go anywhere.

Nobody is under the illusion that cars never break! Come on dude. Trains and buses are hardly infallible either!

Everyone has a story about how their car didn’t start, or about the mechanic that didn’t actually fix the problem, or how they’re still waiting on a part and can’t fix it until tomorrow.

Everyone has 10 stories about trains being cancelled or buses not showing up. That’s life. Completely irrelevant to the fact that cars give you independence.

How many times has your train derailed? Is this a common problem in your life?

Obviously I was not talking about actually derailment. That was obvious to anyone not being deliberately stupid. Trains are delayed or cancelled all the time. Much more frequently than cars break down.

It’s becoming clear that you live somewhere where there are no trains or buses so you have no actual experience of them and imagine them to be perfect.

like asking for multiple options when it comes to transportation

No, like trying to say that cars don’t give you independence because they need insurance and servicing. That’s simply not the kind of independence people are talking about.

It’s like saying metro systems aren’t convenient because they are really difficult to build. It’s confusing two different things.

A car breaking down can completely derail an individual’s day.

So? You know what can also derail your day?

Well that’s just nonsense. There are enough downsides to cars without having to make up fringe lunacy like this.

This doesn’t make any sense. The only way to move around without depending on other companies is by walking, and there’s no way that can replace cars, trains, buses, bicycles, etc.

Not depending on anyone else is not a sensible goal. We live in a society.