When you can’t get what you want, you teach yourself to want what you can get and then preach to everyone else that they should want it too. This applies to many other things too beyond just cars.
It’s not that the criticism of private cars isn’t valid, but not having one because you can’t afford it isn’t virtuous. It’s only virtuous when you could easily have one but choose not to.
I personally know several people who could afford a car and chose not to.
Either way, lots of social issues can be called “jealousy” if you’re callous. Workers demanding higher wages don’t have to be free of jealousy to be in the right.
I am one of those people. Add me to the list.
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I never claimed those people don’t exist. I even mentioned them in my post: It’s only virtuous when you could easily have one but choose not to.
I also know fewer people who complain about cars while not being able to afford them. Once you’re out of college/university age, it’s pretty rare to not be able to afford a car at all - it might be a bit difficult, but certainly possible. Anyway, if you care about the right thing being done (i.e. fewer people using cars, better public transport, better bicycle lanes), why does it even matter if people advocate for it for the wrong reasons?
If they don’t own a car, how do they get places?
bicycle, public transport