One of the biggest scams liberalism pulled on us is to convince us that we exist in societies where we actually have “rights” and “freedoms.”
In reality, we exist in a society that is hierarchically based on privilege.
Hearing it like that makes it even sadder, because it shows in an easy way that people discriminate against each other without even being good off themselves.
I’m not sure “privilage” is the right term in this scenario. For me, the term “privilage” would be more fitting to describe rich people.
I know you have good intent, but if we go around calling straight white cisgender men “privilaged”, that’s just fueling the “culture war” when we really should be focusing on the class war.
Social privilege is 100% a thing. You can bet that the fact that a white person doesn’t receive subconsciously ingrained doubt and xenophobia from literally everyone else pretty much ensures that a white person will be subconsciously favoured. (edit:) this doesn’t mean that they will necessarily receive a cornucopia of riches, but it pretty much guarantees that they’ll be first pick for the football team, so to speak.
Same goes for Maleness™ and Cis-ness (?), they are perceived as defaults, as standards. It also applies in the neurotypical-neurodivergent face-off.
In short, as long as there is any kind of “other” and one is not perceived as part of it, one is intrinsically privileged.
(edit 2:) And the only thing which trumps social privilege is money.
The question is whether privilege is the right word for this.
Privilege kinda describes something above what’s deserved or something unearned.
You’re describing basic human decency I think which everyone deserves
I have been arguing this for years now and all I get is the “bUt tHeY’re BEtTeR oFf sO ThEy arE prIviLeGeD”
OK, and look at all the people you’re calling “privileged” who don’t agree with you because of your characterization of them. If changing the word gets them on your side isn’t that worth it?
