• Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Driving isn’t a right, it’s a privilege. And we determine who can drive by testing them to see if they know and will follow the rules.

    Plus the old dude I saw today with shaking hands and an oxygen tube in his nose deserves to have an alternative where he won’t kill himself or others.

    • jwmgregory@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      oh yeah, it’s surely a privilege to be allowed to participate in society.

      the argument “driving isn’t a right, it’s a privilege” falls entirely flat on its face when there exist no alternatives for a large majority of people and their lives. hardcore boomer energy that blatantly ignores the reality on the ground.

      i agree, there are people who shouldn’t drive. i wish i didn’t have to drive.

      that simply isn’t feasible in the current reality, tho.

      driving can once again be a privilege only after it returns to no longer being a necessity. it is the natural right of all peoples to participate in their society. i agree with the sentiment, driving is a privilege that should be earned. but we should do ground work to make that true, we can’t just ignore the real world and indignantly say whatever we feel like; real life isn’t harry potter and the symbols and words we create bare no direct power over reality. driving is not a privilege in todays america, you don’t get to be the arbiter of decision here. in a practical sense, driving is necessary. the right to transportation and movement evolves with the age, man; it doesn’t get narrower as time goes on in the way a lot of western law seems to want to imply nowadays.