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What about the people who worked just as hard and still can't afford decent housing in the area? Just one aspect of the privilege you enjoy is the fact that on
by nilkn 13y ago
What about the people who worked just as hard and still can't afford decent housing in the area?
Just one aspect of the privilege you enjoy is the fact that one of your passions in life happened to lead to a high-paying job. I and almost everybody on this forum enjoy this same privilege. This is a particularly insidious one because it's so hard to detect in yourself and admit to. When you're the sort of person who started programming at age 12, with no clue that it would one day lead to a financially prosperous life, it's hard to identify with someone for whom the stars just didn't happen to align in that way.
It's a lot harder to "see a target and hit it" when you have absolutely no interest or passion in the target.
- JeremyMorgan 13y ago>It's a lot harder to "see a target and hit it" when you have absolutely no interest or passion in the target. Then those people are not entitled to anything. I have no interest or passion in becoming a surgeon, and since they make so much more than me I should go start a ruckus down at the hospital, using this logic.
- nilkn 13y agoActually this logic doesn't imply that at all. I really don't see how you concluded from my post that I support the actions of the protestors in the original article. If you refuse to admit you might be privileged in any way, that's your prerogative. I won't show up at your doorstep, but I won't agree with you.