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"Today's 9.9% have convinced themselves they don't have any privileges." Have they? If anything, the primary arguments against the concept of privilege haven't
by ralusek 8y ago
"Today's 9.9% have convinced themselves they don't have any privileges."
Have they? If anything, the primary arguments against the concept of privilege haven't been the denial of privilege in general, but rather the hyper-fixation on "white" or "male" privilege, and acknowledging how loosely and irresponsibly those are used to explain away all sorts of complexity in differing outcomes.
In fact, many of the advocates for serious restructuring of wealth redistribution mechanisms seem to be coming out of the higher echelons of society. Even many free-market-advocate-types are fully onboard with concepts akin to UBI as technology reshapes people's capabilities to meaningfully contribute to the market.