In your specific context, the following doesn't directly apply, but the statement that driving is a privilege is frequently made here, often as a whole truth and not merely legal truism. It is a prevarication at best, to argue this beyond a purely legal premise, however.

To think that the entire nation would immediately collapse irreparably if this trivial "privilege" were removed, kinda suggests a problem with this factoid as a general view.

I am aware that for some individuals driving is entirely unnecessary. Some individuals don't have homes. I hope that for however anti-automobile one might rightfully be, the reality of this is still clear.

Sure. But we do forfeit licenses. We don’t do that punitively for water or electricity.