I doubt personal freedom and democracy will be part of the future (and I doubt people are going to miss it). That said, the horse thing was a bit of dreamy neo luddite thinking - it wont happen of course.
As I wrote somewhere yesterday, what is wrong with horses? Excellent for thousands of years until someone said "no I want to invent the car". Well, turns out that cars plays a huge part in destroying the world. Obvious solution? Go back to horses.
Ambulances, fire trucks etc. could stay but...