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I'm not sure privileged is the right word. I mean, they have to work hard at learning the skills and keeping skills up to date. It's not just given to them. Per
by Clubber 9y ago
I'm not sure privileged is the right word. I mean, they have to work hard at learning the skills and keeping skills up to date. It's not just given to them. Perhaps fortunate to pick a good, growing career maybe.
- sidlls 9y agoI'm sure privileged is the right word. Coming from an impoverished past, I'm certainly very privileged to have been born with the intelligence to go through a physics PhD, have had the guidance of teachers and educators who saw the potential, and am now able to earn ~$200k/yr. These are all lucky coincidences that most are not privileged to have had.
- QAPereo 9y agoSo in this case, privilege and luck are synonymous?
- Clubber 9y agoThat doesn't fit easily into the definition. I mean I guess if you think nature / God granted you intelligence, but nature grants lot of people intelligence. The fact that you had good teachers and were impoverished is more luck than privilege. Privileged doesn't typically mean luck, it means advantages granted to you because of social class or parents and whatnot. I mean I guess you could stretch it to mean luck. >a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people.
- pmoriarty 9y agoThere is earned privilege and unearned privilege. You can work hard and "earn" whatever privilege you have. That won't make you any less privileged. Someone far less privileged than you are could also be working far harder than you are.