What are your thoughts on "Privilege"?

[Mr.Brandtastic]

This whole video is a thinly veiled complaint, "Look how much better you have it! You should feel ashamed and guilty!" No thanks.

This shows the value difference though between winners and losers. Winners look at other winners and go, "I'm going to be like him" and losers look at winners and go, "You bastard! You were entitled! Privileged! Rich parents! Easier life!"

One great example I see all the time is first generation immigrants to America versus many native born Americans I've met. First generation Americans don't gripe, they do the work, many run successful businesses and some even leverage them. Many young Americans I see are lazy and I say this as a young American. "I want a handout!" "Those rich kids have it easy!" "Where's my good job?" "College is too expensive." "Babyboomers are/were selfish and greedy, they didn't care about the world, only themselves."

The hallmark of loserdom is complaining about how good others have it.

 

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[TonyStark]

I think...if you're born, you should be considered privileged.

I didn’t ask for this!

 

[Almantas]

I didn’t ask for this!

My sincere apologies dear Sir.

 

[TonyStark]

My sincere apologies dear Sir.

My thoughts on this debate:

View: https://youtu.be/gWIi6Pytde8

 

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[I Am I Said]

Lol I know, I had an idea posting this but I love hearing fastlaners thoughts on the subject.

They tend to be succinct and sharp, don't they?

 

[jsk29]

My girlfriends coworkers were watching this video the other day, talking about how GREAT of a demonstration it is that some people are just "better off" than others.

I'm curious how some of you view the idea of "privilege"

GREAT demonstration of how dramatic music and a motivational speaker can hinder critical thinking.

My take:
- Speaker represents the gatekeepers of society
- The crowd represents the scripted

The unscripted don't stand around listening to guys like this spout out subjective ideas about privilege (while yelling out orders).

They ignore un-actionable babble and blaze their own path forward.

Also, LOL @3:00 "I guarantee some of these black dudes would smoke all of you".

What does that potentially reveal about his belief in "athletic privilege"?

I would say the greatest privilege is TIME privilege. Lucky to be alive in 2017 rather than 1817!

 

[WJK]

My girlfriends coworkers were watching this video the other day, talking about how GREAT of a demonstration it is that some people are just "better off" than others.

I'm curious how some of you view the idea of "privilege"

The only equality in the world is that we each have 24 hours in a day. Yes, a lot of people started out with the all the perceived advantages at the front of the pack. In the end, those advantages haven't necessarily kept them there. Yes, my beginnings were pretty rough, and that's been my greatest advantage -- I want to be able to go to the store and have the money to buy groceries. I also want a heated house with an indoor, fully functional bathroom. Those past experiences has moved me to the front of the pack and working hard for all of these years. A lot of people who started at the front gave up and dropped out of the race a long time ago. Their lack of diligence just gives people like me better "elbow room" while we keep on going.

 

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[rollerskates]

I think the ultimate privilege is the luxury of not even having to use your brain by crying "privilege" all the time.

 

[minivanman]

All the while someone, some where would just like to be truly loved for what they are and they would call that a privilege. Funny how some always relate privilege to having money or monetary things. I really wouldn't care if I had a penny or several million dollars, if I was white or any other color, American or not as long as I have the love of my little woman I feel like I am very privileged. I went through a lot of hell to get to where I am today and I feel very privileged to have gone through that hell every time she calls me hers and tells me she loves me. Sorry, did I go astray?

 

[KLaw]

This won't end well.

Well. You totally f*cked up that call. /\.
. Great posts by several.

 

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[FiftySeven]

As this video rolled on, I had a vaguely uneasy feeling, rising to a crescendo with the final insult:

“If you didn’t learn anything from this activity, you’re a fool”.


I AM a fool … and proud of it.

I come from a long line of fools.

In 1634, my great-great-great-etc grandfather John boarded a wooden ship bound for Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The Hercules was an 88-foot, 200-ton cork bouncing around the North Atlantic as the hurricane season approached. The odds of reaching Portsmouth were probably little more than 50%. Who would make a trip like that? A fool. Perhaps an Unscripted ™ ® fool. What was awaiting in North America? Only he knew. At the time, there were approximately only 5,000 europeans in North America. Would he find a bride? Fortunately for me, he did. John boarded that vessel so that 320 years later, I could be born a free man.

I owe my life … to a fool. A courageous fool.

A few generations later, another great-grandfather served in the American Revolution. When the time came to TAKE ACTION and decide whether the Colonies would continue as subjects or step up to the plate, that great-grandfather risked being shot in war, risked being executed or hanged for treason, so that a new country could arise: a country in which people were citizens, not subjects. A country based on citizen participation in government, a country based on free choice: a country in which people could decide to achieve as much, OR AS LITTLE, as they desired. When the Colonies became free, the population was approximately 2.5 million. About 50,000 American lives were lost giving birth to a country which became a living laboratory of freedom, democracy and capitalism. A more perfect Union? Read on.

Four score and 7 years later, the country “dedicated to the proposition that all men were created equal" slaughtered between 500,000 and 750,000 of its own citizens – brother against brother – deciding whether ALL men would truly be free. At the time, the U.S. population was about 32 million. About 2% of the population voted with their lives in that “election”. “Privilege” strikes again.

So you would think that my family, having the “first mover” advantage, would have parlayed that into a fabulous, “privileged” fortune – after all, my family was 2-of-5,000 at the IPO of the world’s most successful country.

My paternal grandfather started a few businesses, had a farm and died a widowed pauper. His sons, my Dad and his brother, served in WWII. They both came home with lifelong ailments, although not major ones. They were the lucky ones. They made it home in one piece. Dad’s cousin died in the South Pacific; nobody knows where. An uncle had breakdowns due to what he saw in Europe. How many Americans suffered and died, how many Allied soldiers suffered and died, to fight the evils of a force-fed “Script” and the promised utopia of National Socialism?

Were these people “privileged”? Yes, but not in the way depicted in the video. They were privileged to fight and die for a free mankind. They were citizen-soldiers who dropped their plows and picked up their muskets when duty called.

When Dad and his brother came home after the war, I don’t recall that they got a ticker-tape parade. They went back to the farm. When the farm failed, we exercised our “privilege” by living in our car. Five people and a potty-chair living in a two-door car. I went to school with holes in the knees of my blue jeans before it was fashionable. I guess I had the “privilege” of being a trend-setter.

Though all that, Dad never took a handout, never went on public assistance, never collected a day’s unemployment. I never went to bed with my stomach growling. That is MY real “Privilege”. I saw my Dad, my grand-dads and my uncles come in from a hard day’s work in the fields, sweat dripping off their faces, clapping the field dust off their pant legs with their caps. If the tractor broke down, they fixed it. If the car broke down, they fixed it. If it needed built, they built it. They built their lives; they built our great country. All the while, backed by the women who cooked their meals, mended their clothes and bore their children without complaint.

That’s what privilege is: building something greater than you.

Yes, I, FiftySeven, was privileged to see the work ethic of The Greatest Generation. I modeled it. I worked hard, married, had kids, made money, lost money, divorced, lost most of what I had worked for all my life. Then, like Job, got twice as much back. It’s been a roller coaster, but that’s life; just get back on the horse and ride.

My kids are my privilege. They’ve grown and are productive members of society, providing service and value to their fellow man.

What’s the ultimate privilege? Life.

Use it or waste it yammering about someone else’s “privilege”...


“Take 2 steps forward if you never had to worry about having your cell phone shut off”

Never had to worry about this - every cell phone I’ve ever had came conveniently connected to a J.O.B.


“Take 2 steps forward if you never had to help your parents with the bills”

Well, my parents didn’t buy a lot of junk they didn’t need on credit. I guess they learned by living through the Depression. My parents grew up in the Depression: and so did I. I helped build the house I grew up in. I mowed the grass. Guess that counts.


“Take 2 steps forward if you never had to worry about where your next meal was going to come from”

I’ll take two steps forward here. Marriage is a tough row to hoe. My Mum & Dad made the commitment, stayed together, raised a garden, butchered hogs, canned food. I didn’t have to worry – they worried for me. They made the best choices they knew how. I write this on a Saturday evening knowing that I’ll get up at 5 AM Sunday and put in a 12-hour day. Does anybody think I’m worried about my next meal?


“Take 2 steps forward if you had access to private education”

Suffered through a public education. Paid for it myself at a Dirty Job that paid $2.02/hr. Mike Rowe’s got nothing on me. Worked hard. Gave my KIDS a crack at private education.


I’m a hard-workin’ redneck farm boy. I’ve given $100k to charities, most of which served people overseas. That was my privilege.

Am I Privileged? H3ll, yes! My ancestors, my neighbors, my country AND I have EARNED this privilege!

Privileged? The harder I work the more privileged I become.

My opinion of this video? Joseph Goebbels is alive and well.

The author may “take 2 steps” into North Korea, Cuba or any other everyone-is-equal utopian fantasy country.



From the Privileged,

‘57

 

[StevieB]

This video doesn't demonstrate anything except how well some people are at making up excuses.

I mean just listen to some of the things they define as "privilege". Paying for college? Had a personal tutor? Had a father figure?

Completely scripted thinking that these types of things are what gets you '2 steps ahead' in life that is complete BS. What get's you ahead in life is taking the drivers seat of your life and taking action every day to make yourself and your own actions more valuable to the world.

How many billionares and multimillionares dropped out of college or even high school for that matter? Had a personal tutor, are you kidding me?

Real privilege is being born in a country that enables you to forge your own destiny because the infrastructure is already in place for your most basic requirements like food, water, and shelter to be met easily.

Elon Musk mentioned this when he was first starting out how easy it was to live off a few hot dogs a day, once he realized that he could be dead broke and still actually stay alive from there he was able to accept the risks he took.

I don't make nearly as much as many members of this forum but I'm already over the 6-figure mark and am well on track on hitting almost 200k next year. I was kicked out of my house by my dad at 15, dropped out of high school and got mixed up in the wrong crowd of drug users living in trailers growing up.

Yet here I am making more than the large majority of college degree earners, being a former weed toking high school kicked out my house by my dad at 15 dropout. I must have super powers because I ran in front of a lot of those people.


Some people could have everything they said in the video and still be living paycheck to paycheck. Your MENTAL process is what get's you ahead in life, NOT what's given to you. Hell you could be given millions of dollars and be living on the street within a few years. How's that for "privilege"?

 

[Chromozone]

My dad moved to the UK in the 70's with a one way ticket and £13 of life savings. He worked hard and built a good life.

I'll never forget when I was in my teens one day, our gardener was being indirectly hostile towards my dad, saying something along the lines of "damn foreigners taking our jobs!". My dad replied without any hesitation; "If I was still in India, I'd still be a doctor and you'd still be mowing peoples lawns.".

Some people just don't see the opportunity all around them - it's like trying to describe water to a fish.

 

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[TreyAllDay]

As this video rolled on, I had a vaguely uneasy feeling, rising to a crescendo with the final insult:

“If you didn’t learn anything from this activity, you’re a fool”.


I AM a fool … and proud of it.

I come from a long line of fools.

In 1634, my great-great-great-etc grandfather John boarded a wooden ship bound for Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The Hercules was an 88-foot, 200-ton cork bouncing around the North Atlantic as the hurricane season approached. The odds of reaching Portsmouth were probably little more than 50%. Who would make a trip like that? A fool. Perhaps an Unscripted [emoji769] [emoji768] fool. What was awaiting in North America? Only he knew. At the time, there were approximately only 5,000 europeans in North America. Would he find a bride? Fortunately for me, he did. John boarded that vessel so that 320 years later, I could be born a free man.

I owe my life … to a fool. A courageous fool.

A few generations later, another great-grandfather served in the American Revolution. When the time came to TAKE ACTION and decide whether the Colonies would continue as subjects or step up to the plate, that great-grandfather risked being shot in war, risked being executed or hanged for treason, so that a new country could arise: a country in which people were citizens, not subjects. A country based on citizen participation in government, a country based on free choice: a country in which people could decide to achieve as much, OR AS LITTLE, as they desired. When the Colonies became free, the population was approximately 2.5 million. About 50,000 American lives were lost giving birth to a country which became a living laboratory of freedom, democracy and capitalism. A more perfect Union? Read on.

Four score and 7 years later, the country “dedicated to the proposition that all men were created equal" slaughtered between 500,000 and 750,000 of its own citizens – brother against brother – deciding whether ALL men would truly be free. At the time, the U.S. population was about 32 million. About 2% of the population voted with their lives in that “election”. “Privilege” strikes again.

So you would think that my family, having the “first mover” advantage, would have parlayed that into a fabulous, “privileged” fortune – after all, my family was 2-of-5,000 at the IPO of the world’s most successful country.

My paternal grandfather started a few businesses, had a farm and died a widowed pauper. His sons, my Dad and his brother, served in WWII. They both came home with lifelong ailments, although not major ones. They were the lucky ones. They made it home in one piece. Dad’s cousin died in the South Pacific; nobody knows where. An uncle had breakdowns due to what he saw in Europe. How many Americans suffered and died, how many Allied soldiers suffered and died, to fight the evils of a force-fed “Script” and the promised utopia of National Socialism?

Were these people “privileged”? Yes, but not in the way depicted in the video. They were privileged to fight and die for a free mankind. They were citizen-soldiers who dropped their plows and picked up their muskets when duty called.

When Dad and his brother came home after the war, I don’t recall that they got a ticker-tape parade. They went back to the farm. When the farm failed, we exercised our “privilege” by living in our car. Five people and a potty-chair living in a two-door car. I went to school with holes in the knees of my blue jeans before it was fashionable. I guess I had the “privilege” of being a trend-setter.

Though all that, Dad never took a handout, never went on public assistance, never collected a day’s unemployment. I never went to bed with my stomach growling. That is MY real “Privilege”. I saw my Dad, my grand-dads and my uncles come in from a hard day’s work in the fields, sweat dripping off their faces, clapping the field dust off their pant legs with their caps. If the tractor broke down, they fixed it. If the car broke down, they fixed it. If it needed built, they built it. They built their lives; they built our great country. All the while, backed by the women who cooked their meals, mended their clothes and bore their children without complaint.

That’s what privilege is: building something greater than you.

Yes, I, FiftySeven, was privileged to see the work ethic of The Greatest Generation. I modeled it. I worked hard, married, had kids, made money, lost money, divorced, lost most of what I had worked for all my life. Then, like Job, got twice as much back. It’s been a roller coaster, but that’s life; just get back on the horse and ride.

My kids are my privilege. They’ve grown and are productive members of society, providing service and value to their fellow man.

What’s the ultimate privilege? Life.

Use it or waste it yammering about someone else’s “privilege”...


“Take 2 steps forward if you never had to worry about having your cell phone shut off”

Never had to worry about this - every cell phone I’ve ever had came conveniently connected to a J.O.B.


“Take 2 steps forward if you never had to help your parents with the bills”

Well, my parents didn’t buy a lot of junk they didn’t need on credit. I guess they learned by living through the Depression. My parents grew up in the Depression: and so did I. I helped build the house I grew up in. I mowed the grass. Guess that counts.


“Take 2 steps forward if you never had to worry about where your next meal was going to come from”

I’ll take two steps forward here. Marriage is a tough row to hoe. My Mum & Dad made the commitment, stayed together, raised a garden, butchered hogs, canned food. I didn’t have to worry – they worried for me. They made the best choices they knew how. I write this on a Saturday evening knowing that I’ll get up at 5 AM Sunday and put in a 12-hour day. Does anybody think I’m worried about my next meal?


“Take 2 steps forward if you had access to private education”

Suffered through a public education. Paid for it myself at a Dirty Job that paid $2.02/hr. Mike Rowe’s got nothing on me. Worked hard. Gave my KIDS a crack at private education.


I’m a hard-workin’ redneck farm boy. I’ve given $100k to charities, most of which served people overseas. That was my privilege.

Am I Privileged? H3ll, yes! My ancestors, my neighbors, my country AND I have EARNED this privilege!

Privileged? The harder I work the more privileged I become.

My opinion of this video? Joseph Goebbels is alive and well.

The author may “take 2 steps” into North Korea, Cuba or any other everyone-is-equal utopian fantasy country.



From the Privileged,

‘57

Wow... speechless!

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[Iammelissamoore]

I think also - Privilege is dependent on perspective - in the sense that, if you choose not to see what others are about OR, better yet, choose not to have the time to focus on what others have from what others don't have, it is easier for you to focus on what you have and what you need to get done to accomplish x, y, z in life. I have read SO many of your remarkable stories throughout this post and one thing I see most prevalent, is the ability to recognise what each of you/family members have(had) and recognise what the next step must be. i.e. Y.O.U are determining YOUR story, Y.O.U are determining what YOU do next, regardless of the limits society places on you; You/Your family members determine how their family legacies will unravel - they didn't allow society to tell them what they should do, they didn't allow any gatekeepers to tell them what they should do and in each case you/your family members didn't allow the basics you each had to limit you from doing more, because, at the end of the day you recognise that you aren't doing this just for you, you see it necessary to do what you need to, because there are others counting on you; whether it is family back home (from whichever country you may have come from), whether it is your children who will have a live example of what it is to go beyond that which society determines for them or whether it is for the community you wish to uplift.

The Fastlane Principle is one which shows us that it doesn't matter if you are rich or poor, black or white, young or young-at-heart to get ahead, what the Fastlane Principle teaches is that we are ALL privileged in one way or the other - as most of you mentioned - just being born is a privilege; sure, none of us asked to be here, none of us asked to be born where we were born, none of us asked to be born with the physical traits we have, none of us asked to be rich or poor, BUT what do we do? We are here, do we willow in the sorrows of life OR do we look at the possibilities ahead of us to push on?

Life, like privilege, is ALL about perspective, and we choose the story we wish to tell, we are the only gatekeepers of our lives, there is no one who hold control over our lives, unless we allow them. In this system of life, there's always a loophole get ahead, we're doing it right here through this forum/fastlaning, the setbacks we may experience, are simply the unforeseen strengthening moments which are giving us even more reason to excel.

 

[scottmsul]

A big problem I see with this video, which is also very implicit, is everyone competing for a single prize. It's like the fixed pie fallacy in economics. Just because I started 20 steps ahead of you, doesn't mean when I get to the finish, your opportunity is gone. I get a hundred dollars because I created new wealth, and you can create new wealth too. There's a prize waiting at the finish for all of us.

(This also makes those more "privileged" seem like the "bad guys" - but anyone who produces new wealth is a good guy!)

 

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[jon.a]

A big problem I see with this video, which is also very implicit, is everyone competing for a single prize. It's like the fixed pie fallacy in economics. Just because I started 20 steps ahead of you, doesn't mean when I get to the finish, your opportunity is gone. I get a hundred dollars because I created new wealth, and you can create new wealth too. There's a prize waiting at the finish for all of us.

(This also makes those more "privileged" seem like the "bad guys" - but anyone who produces new wealth is a good guy!)

WTF are you doing injecting economic logic into what could be a good pissing contest?

 

[TheodoreA]

I've seen privileged kids waste their lives away on video games and television, and spending weeks and weeks on vacations they can't afford, dooming themselves to a life of inadequacy. These kids end up working for the under-privileged kids who worked hard and created a life for themselves that they can enjoy.

Being privileged gives you a head start, but it doesn't win you the race.

 

[Ninjakid]

I don't really know what "privilege" is, but I heard all white people have it

I'll give 100 rep to anyone who can tell me how to use it to make more money.

 

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[Ninjakid]

I refuse to let some a**hole make me feel bad for being a 61 y/o, married, educated, semi-retired white guy.

View: https://youtu.be/PKnIYNB08sg?t=6s

 

[David2kplus]

The FACT:
There always will be at least someone who will start ahead of you and someone behind you, no matter who you are, that must be clearly understood.
This logic alone will label all of us "privileged". But,
things have changed a little since few decades ago, when hard work by itself will get you through, don't even try to live by the example of some great grand father who started from zero mopping floors saving 10 cents, etc.( you know there are tons of inspiring beautiful stories like that) it won't work anymore.
if you have some time watch this documentary

View: https://youtu.be/6niWzomA_So

Once in the jungle nobody is protected, it's all about the money!
So, the key is to move as fast as possible to catch up with the ones on front and protect yourself by changing the way you live.
In other words: jump into the millionaire fast lane and live an unscripted live. That should work.

PS. Pardon my English, not my natural language.

 

[Carol Jones]

Greetings from rural Australia.

We are who we are.

Privileged. Or not privileged.

Our upbring shapes our lives. We either embrace it. Or we rail against it. Whatever our choice. Is who we become.

Let's do a reconnaissance of the haves not alot. And the haves alot.

Let's look at those who come from modest. Or even. Dysfunctional. Families. They may have not alot. Or a modest amount of have. Nothing sensational.

Richard Branson

Tony Robbins

Oprah Winfrey

Bill Gates

Warren Buffett

Elon Musk

Barack Obama

Jeff Bezos

Hope and optimism flow through their veins. All can do people.

There are more self made billionaires in this category. Than those who inherited wealth.


Now let's look at the lives of the privileged. These men and women have alot! They are not deprived of anything in their lives.

Carrie Fisher

Prince Andrew

Donald Trump

Christian Brando (Son of Marlon)

Cheyenne Brando (Daughter of Marlon)

Bobby Kristina Brown (Daughter of Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown)

Sean Lennon

John Paul Getty III

Harvey Weinstein

Most of these people lead a life of misery. Not measuring up to their parents. Or live in a bubble that bears no resemblance to reality. And some are devoid of basic human decency.

Which side of the tracks do you prefer to be born on? ~Carol❤

 

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[Longinus]

I wasn't raised to become a delicate little snowflake, so yes, I feel pretty privileged.

 

[SteveO]

But,
things have changed a little since few decades ago, when hard work by itself will get you through, don't even try to live by the example of some great grand father who started from zero mopping floors saving 10 cents, etc.( you know there are tons of inspiring beautiful stories like that) it won't work anymore.

Wow. This is a limiting belief! It certainly will not work if this is what you buy into. Your post is followed by another that says the opposite.

 

[G-Man]

When I have the masochistic urge to watch FB arguments about privilege ultimately devolve into people insulting each other, I realize that one of the biggest ways I'm privileged, ironically, was that my parents raised us with the expectation that life isn't fair. Here's one of the instances I remember best.

Dad: That kid picked on you again? Did you hit him?
Me: Yeah, but I got detention too, even though he was the one picking on me.
Dad: Those are the rules. You get in a fight, you get detention.
Me: But I didn't do anything wrong. You told me to punch him.
Dad: I know, buddy. Good job. I'm proud of you.
Me: But he was picking on me, and I was just doing what you said. It's not fair.
Dad: Life's not fair, buddy. Try to get some homework done during detention. Your mom picked up a couple extra shifts this week.

"Life's not fair" was my dad's go to expression when dealing with frustrated or disappointed little boys. Probably number 2 after "Did you already ask mom?"

 

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[cor]

To play devil's advocate a bit.... I love the idea of privilege and that I have it. People with political agendas try to use it to guilt people, but I use my privilege to remind myself that I need to work hard and that I owe it to myself and my parents to be successful.

My parents immigrated with barely any money. They suffered a lot just to give me the opportunity to live a life they couldn't have. Hell yes I'm privileged and I owe it to myself to not squander the opportunity and tools I was given.

When people tell me I'm privileged or have "white privilege" I look at them and say "Yes, and that's why I work so hard". My privilege does not force me to owe anyone but my parents and myself anything. I never use it as guilt, I use it as a motivator. If everyone else realized their privilege, maybe we'd have a more happy and productive society.

 

[TreyAllDay]

To play devil's advocate a bit.... I love the idea of privilege and that I have it. People with political agendas try to use it to guilt people, but I use my privilege to remind myself that I need to work hard and that I owe it to myself and my parents to be successful.

My parents immigrated with barely any money. They suffered a lot just to give me the opportunity to live a life they couldn't have. Hell yes I'm privileged and I owe it to myself to not squander the opportunity and tools I was given.

When people tell me I'm privileged or have "white privilege" I look at them and say "Yes, and that's why I work so hard". My privilege does not force me to owe anyone but my parents and myself anything. I never use it as guilt, I use it as a motivator. If everyone else realized their privilege, maybe we'd have a more happy and productive society.

I can't recall who posted earlier, but it was something a long the lines of "what are you doing to show you deserve this privelege. This really connected with me.

Although I believe in the power of choice, I also believe the saying "there, but for the grace of God, goes me." Which just means, any one of us in this thread could have easily been a completely different person. And likely, a bit of luck, took us down the entrepreneurial journey, so we have a large responsibility to take it seriously.

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[Craig Cherlet]

Love this! I agree that in some ways, being "privileged" can almost be a disadvantage, you work less and you have less contrast for when times are good.

Very true. When you always have a backstop like wealthy parents you get soft and complacent.

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[fhs8]

The FACT:
...
This logic alone will label all of us "privileged". But,
things have changed a little since few decades ago, when hard work by itself will get you through, don't even try to live by the example of some great grand father who started from zero mopping floors saving 10 cents, etc.( you know there are tons of inspiring beautiful stories like that) it won't work anymore.
if you have some time watch this documentary

View: https://youtu.be/6niWzomA_So

Wow sorry but that video is complete BS from start to finish. It blames the Koch brothers, the rich, bankers, CEOs, and politicians as the reason why people are poor. It blames EVERYONE else but the poor. It brings up interviews where people claim that they can't find a job. It also makes correlations without sufficient evidence for example by blaming tax cuts on the rich for the decline in GDP growth in the US in 2007-2008 (41:50 in video). Correlation does not imply causation. Also why would GDP growth stay strong before 2007 when tax cuts were enacted way before then? I believe that the housing crisis and banks failing were a cause of the decline in GDP growth not tax cuts.

Unions actually donate more to politicians than the Koch brothers and can donate unlimited amounts of money. Many government contracts require a union/project labor agreements in order to even bid on a project. All I've seen are calls to restrict corporations from donating money but still let unions donate unlimited amounts.

 

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My girlfriends coworkers were watching this video the other day, talking about how GREAT of a demonstration it is that some people are just "better off" than others.

I'm curious how some of you view the idea of "privilege"

Painting yourself as "a victim of society" is most definitely slowlane. Privledge as a concept is bullshit.

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