The only thing talking about privilege does is create a game of one-upmanship where everyone tries to tear others success down.

I would argue everyone is privileged to some degree. Hell, being born in a first world country makes you way more privileged than most of the world.

And yes, there is luck involved, but hard work plays a massive role in outcomes. To ignore that is folly.

> realize that you're not entitled to what you have

That's ridiculous. The fact that his parents worked hard is what entitled him to the life he has, all the way up the chain to the ones that emigrated to America and earlier. This 'original sin' stuff that people are trying to push just because we are born in the US is crap.

People all over the world work quite hard. Yet, their families don't get anywhere near the benefits that some others do.

They haven't lost them at the expense of those others either, though, nor would the people who have more likely have received it if the people who had to work for them knew that they would be whisked away in large measure to iron out every last inequality.

I'm not super interested in debating this philosophy and your response reads to me as pretty flippant and entitled, so I'll bow out. I hope you receive everything you're entitled to.

I don't understand why you're "bowing out" instead of debating, if you have a strong case to make. What about the GP's post is factually incorrect?