This use of the word "privilege" has always irked me - maybe I'm just not reading it in the correct sense. It sounds very paternalistic. Driving is a regulated

This use of the word "privilege" has always irked me - maybe I'm just not reading it in the correct sense. It sounds very paternalistic. Driving is a regulated activity, but you do have a right to a drivers license if you are able to comply with the regulations. "Privilege" sounds so arbitrary, as if someone could say "I don't like your face, no license for you".