"If it can't work for everybody, then it can't work for anybody" is indeed nonsense.
However, in Ohio, very few people are able to productively survive with only a bicycle as transportation. Some can, and some do (whether by force or by choice).
But just because it can work for some doesn't mean that it must also be able to work for many, or for most.
Neat. I suppose that the small subset of people who can manage to survive in Ohio with only a bicycle must neatly overlap with the small subset of people who have had their license suspended as a punishment for debt, then, since that's the only way that these words of yours support your greater concept.
However, in Ohio, very few people are able to productively survive with only a bicycle as transportation. Some can, and some do (whether by force or by choice).
But just because it can work for some doesn't mean that it must also be able to work for many, or for most.