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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by vmception on Monday October 18, 2021 @01:05PM (#28907807)
That's the tip of the iceberg, a lot of privilege and inequality discussion marginalizes younger white people that would otherwise be interested in helping make society more egalitarian. At best, many people get a freedom from some distractions, but the term privilege does not convey that well, which is very counterproductive, so that chart could help a lot!
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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by twofornone on Monday October 18, 2021 @01:14PM (#28907909)
I think demonizing so called privilege is cultural suicide, because most of what "privilege" amounts to is parents caring for their children and passing on successful cultural values. You don't want to foster cultural movements that discourage this behavior if you want a functioning society.
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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by sudosysgen on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:00PM (#28908641)
Privilege isn't parents taking better care of their children, it's parents doing a better job at taking care of their children than others, and multiple other things.
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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by AnimalMuppet on Monday October 18, 2021 @07:07PM (#28912971)
What, in your thinking, is the difference between "taking better care" and "doing a better job at taking care"?

Or are you saying that the difference is "than others"? Isn't that kind of implied by "better"?

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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by sudosysgen on Monday October 18, 2021 @08:04PM (#28913412)
Better could also mean temporally.

But yes, the main difference is "than others". It's just much doing a good job as others doing a bad job.

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