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I'm still undecided about this "fuck cars" movement, but you seem to be kind of saying that walkable cities won't work because presently you can't walk everywhere you want to go. I think the answer to that is simply that you don't live in a walkable city - your city has been designed around the notion that everyone has access to a car.
I guess the inability to drive around smurfing up bargains is a very specific problem that walkable cities aren't intended to address. I think the basic premise is that if there's more people seeking basic vittles within walking distance from their home then competition will appear. They may not be quite as cheap as at the Walmart 10 miles away, but then the opportunities for local vendors will improve your own personal financial circumstances also.
As an aside, when you spend a little time in a large city with public transport and lots of shops, it's easy to see how the fuck cars movement seems like a no-brainer. "If no one had cars then no one would need them!"... but as someone who lives in a regional / rural area it's really hard to see how it could possibly work. I mean perhaps "possible" in some way but it definitely undermines most of the reasons I enjoy living away from a large city.