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I feel like you're taking this discussion way too personally. You don't need to defend your own purchase here. I already granted that anyone's choice of transport is hugely influenced by environmental factors, and in the United States those favour very big personal vehicles.
Even if that weren't the case, there will always be niches in which a specific choice makes sense, even if the choice were broadly asinine (which - again - choosing a large vehicle is not if you're in the United States). I am not (and no sane person in this thread) is arguing that there are no valid use cases for these vehicles, even in a country where infrastructure and society is designed around smaller vehicles.
Yes, the load a minitruck can carry is a lot less than a large truck. That doesn't take away the fact that the focus on huge personal use vehicles in the United States broadly has a lot of negative externalities.