(August 6, 2020 at 7:58 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: A lucky circumstance would be standing in the exact spot that $100 fell to earth in. Privilege took centuries to build and requires constant social maintenance.No one chose any of their privileges, they're innate to their persons and environment. But it sounds like you're eluding to inheritance and social standing, and not qualities anyone had a say in.
By all means, we should improve upon what we get, are able to do and where we are socially, it just won't be done by deriding innate qualities, because those are merely the starting conditions.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman