I think we're all not really at war but surviving for ourselves. When I was much younger I was very selfish. I didn't think much about other people or what others were doing to survive. I just wanted to keep as much of my money as possible and not be forced to hand it over to others via taxation. There was no thought about class status, just give me what's mine and that's it.

Having a car to be able to go anywhere was just a natural extension of my philosophy. I had no real concept of suburbs and their effect on infrastructure. With cars it didn't really matter that a store that had something I wanted was six miles away.

I doubt that there is direct class warfare between car owners and non-car owners. The problem is just ignorance. Beyond ignorance is just basic disinterest. When people only care for themselves then the selfishness keeps one's mind only on the needs of the individual, not on the needs of society. To this day, I'm still learning new things about different parts of society and their needs. This comes about as my life experience and personal needs change. Without the self interest involved I wouldn't be learning about these different aspects of life in society.

One of my jobs is working with children with behavioral problems or who's parents were problems and presented a danger to the children. They all live in a group home. Another job I had recently was working in a nursing home. I have another job related to the public school system. In each of these positions I've learned about another segment of society. All of them rely partially or fully on government funds. Each of these were outside of my personal life experience. Had I not gotten these jobs I wouldn't have ever known about them and how they fit into society.

My point is that people who have never considered bicycling as a means to travel just haven't got a clue about the life or needs of a cyclist. The concept of mixed use neighborhoods seems irrelevant. The idea of fewer parking spaces and denser cities seems antithetical. Unless someone with a car has an hour or more commute time they probably will never even consider moving closer to work. For over a year I drove seventy miles to school. It took me about seventy five minutes per day twice a day. It was cheaper to commute than to move for the temporary time of the education.

Self interest is the only way the car owners will ever change their behavior. That self interest might come about by extremely high fuel prices. High insurance premiums might enter into it. Perhaps longer commute times will cause some to change their car-centric ways. Only when the individual will benefit from making a change will that individual change behavior. The same goes for me. I choose the path of least resistance most of the time.

It is more likely that motorists will complain to government about problems related to travel before they get out of their cars and onto public transit systems. Only when government can't provide a solution will people seek their own solutions.

Humanity has a long way to go before most of our problems will be solved with cooperation amongst the population. Fortunately the latest generation of children seems to be more interested in the betterment of the whole of society than the betterment of the individual. This generation will be in power in another thirty years. If we all survive that long we might see some huge changes. Government might actually get away from benefiting only the self interests of the individual representatives and towards the interests of the population.