Cars give us freedom.  The reason that technocrats love &quot;self-driving&quot; cars is the same reason they love trains of all kinds: it means that &quot;the system&quot; controls who may go where, and when.  A lot of us are skeptical of self-driving cars because a lot of their advocates want the next step to be <i>banning private citizens from driving</i>, which you&#x27;ve just confirmed, thanks.