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No, it's not. > priv·i·lege - a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group. Note the "available only to

by bko 4y ago

No, it's not. > priv·i·lege - a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group. Note the "available only to a particular person or group". In a free and open society, money is available to any capable person through free and open exchange. If a person loses his money and pay for things, he doesn't keep the car, Costco membership, house and cheap toilet paper. Capiche?

nostrademons 4y ago
Ease of making that money is disproportionate across society. That's what makes it "a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group". Or are you saying that a Haitian immigrant fresh off a raft has the same opportunities for making money that Jeff Bezos does? Quantity matters. The whole point of the article is that you can avoid various taxes on your time if, say, you can afford to drop $30K to buy a car for cash rather than take the bus, or if you can afford the down payment on a house rather than renting a motel room.
- bko 4y ago
  I'm guessing you're talking about Jeff bezos and Haitian immigration off the boat with the same amount of money (ie starting from zero)? I guess language barrier would be a blocker. Bezos is probably above average intelligence too. But i don't think it's a sure thing and i think your reasoning is dark. It removes the autonomy of immigrants and makes them out to be just helpless hopeless victims, which is de humanizing
  - nostrademons 4y ago
    No, I'm not assuming they start with the same amount of money. I'm assuming Bezos starts with $200B or whatever his net worth is now. And that's my point - merely having that money is privilege. If you start Bezos and the Haitian immigrant off at zeros, Bezos may have some other advantages (and here's where intersectionality comes in and we can talk about all the other forms of privilege), but most people would agree that Bezos-the-pauper has nowhere near the same opportunities as Bezos-the-billionaire, and would be significantly closer to the Haitian pauper in likely outcomes.
harvey9 4y ago
So what's your plan for the incapable, the disabled? Fuck 'em! Capiche?
- bko 4y ago
  If a disabled or incapable person has a lot of money, they are afforded all the same "privilege as an able-bodied person. I don't know what your point or objection to my comment is
  - iinnPP 4y ago
    That's a completely different argument you are making.
anonymouskimmer 4y ago
I believe the statement refers to increased access to privilege as wealth increases. This is an obvious fact that has many examples.

by bko 4y ago

nostrademons 4y ago

Ease of making that money is disproportionate across society. That's what makes it "a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group". Or are you saying that a Haitian immigrant fresh off a raft has the same opportunities for making money that Jeff Bezos does? Quantity matters. The whole point of the article is that you can avoid various taxes on your time if, say, you can afford to drop $30K to buy a car for cash rather than take the bus, or if you can afford the down payment on a house rather than renting a motel room.

bko 4y ago
I'm guessing you're talking about Jeff bezos and Haitian immigration off the boat with the same amount of money (ie starting from zero)? I guess language barrier would be a blocker. Bezos is probably above average intelligence too. But i don't think it's a sure thing and i think your reasoning is dark. It removes the autonomy of immigrants and makes them out to be just helpless hopeless victims, which is de humanizing
- nostrademons 4y ago
  No, I'm not assuming they start with the same amount of money. I'm assuming Bezos starts with $200B or whatever his net worth is now. And that's my point - merely having that money is privilege. If you start Bezos and the Haitian immigrant off at zeros, Bezos may have some other advantages (and here's where intersectionality comes in and we can talk about all the other forms of privilege), but most people would agree that Bezos-the-pauper has nowhere near the same opportunities as Bezos-the-billionaire, and would be significantly closer to the Haitian pauper in likely outcomes.

harvey9 4y ago

So what's your plan for the incapable, the disabled? Fuck 'em! Capiche?

bko 4y ago
If a disabled or incapable person has a lot of money, they are afforded all the same "privilege as an able-bodied person. I don't know what your point or objection to my comment is
- iinnPP 4y ago
  That's a completely different argument you are making.

anonymouskimmer 4y ago

I believe the statement refers to increased access to privilege as wealth increases. This is an obvious fact that has many examples.