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Not attacking you, but I’m not sure if this is privilege or not. I’ve uprooted for greener pastures twice in my life, and it has paid off both times. If I didn
by mikrl 4y ago
Not attacking you, but I’m not sure if this is privilege or not.
I’ve uprooted for greener pastures twice in my life, and it has paid off both times. If I didn’t, I’d be impoverished and possibly hooked on (the scary) drugs.
If fluffy social aspects outweigh your immediate economic concerns, it stands that you are privileged enough to make the choice to stay still.
On the other hand, uprooting requires a certain resilience and fortitude that not everyone has. People who can torch their old life to chase something better are privileged in a way too, are they not?
- andonisus 4y agoIt seems that the word “privilege” is doing all the heavy lifting here, but it sounds to me like it is a stand in for “having the ability to make anything but the default choice” (to remain in one’s location, in this case).
- kodah 4y agoThis is kind of an odd take. I'm from a small town, leaving is looked at as the privilege because opportunity is short. Additionally, people who come from families where wealth or security is not common often need to support their families directly or indirectly. That kept me in my home state for a couple years. I likely won't be around to see some of my immediate family pass away, which is an aspect that sucks about geo-centralization of industries like tech that don't need geo-centralization. All that to say I think you have the privilege statement backwards.