smart kid. I was also saying that privilege is not something to be defensive about but something to just be acknowledged, so that we can better value the importance on something other than 'merit' that is so defined by privilege.

Life is a privilege.

Kinda like the right to live regardless if you are not "privileged "?

so true, but life alone isnt the only privilege that impacts the journey or the 'success' people end with.

I agree. I am pro life. (anti abortion AND anti death penalty AND anti shoot first ask questions later)

The question is what to do with the dead weight of society. The lazy Non working can't support themselves leeches. The ones who only create more work for others. Nature use to have a course for this. Our generous welfare system has bred them like cockroaches.

the topic was actually privilege.

There is no way to be dead weight for long. EVeryone works in some capacity and contributes over their lifetime. Lets deal with the fathers who are able but unwilling to support the children they make spreading their seed around.
That would save 'taxpayers' the precious money they are so concerned might feed someone else's kid.

Lets also do better in underserved communities with living wages and opportunities to build mentorships, references, and skills so children have a better chance of doing better than their parents again.


It would also help if there could be an amendment to collect revenue from corporations who use under the table immigrant workers and from tax fraudsters and no longer give any more subsidies to corporations who have EVER filed bankruptcy, being that shows not the most responsible use of past subsidies ...


all of that would greatly reduce revenue and reduce the number of children in need ...

Privilege?. deserve?... we earned what we have... we WORKED for it. That is why we have what we have... nobody served it to us.

Society at large works like a mob. The money someone winds up with is a fortunate “privilidge” from God. Economic competition may not be as effective as team relationships and collaborative innovation, but it is less destructive than war. A more harmonious society can exist as a small community within the society at large, operating in whole as an individual within the mob.

Giving up privacy and acknowledging priviledge requires mutual trust and respect, which does not happen in overcrowded society because people do not value each other.

When I see the good fortune that others have, it is an inspiration to me to keep on living and striving, because it gives a vision of how life could be better than it presently is. I consider my self to be very fortunate.

No one will ever be able to understand each other, but all one needs is to be able to trust one another.

Society at large works like a mob. The money someone winds up with is a fortunate “privilege” from God.

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God helps those who helps themselves.... that is what I was taught.. and that is what works.

I agree with that. It is very important to have an internal locus of control. One does not need to concern themselves with privileges they don’t have, God will take care of that.

Society can't really hold men responsible for children when the women don't hold them responsible. A lot of them don't know who is their baby's father. So how doesn't the govt know who to go after? My opinion is the woman is required to have her tubes tied when having baby number 2 on welfare. That's already too much irresponsibility packed off on tac payers.

I live in an underserved community. I didn't apply at McDonald's when looking for work. I think a minimum wage increase is long overdue but it's up to the individual to find work paying enough to pay their bills.

Kids shouldn't need mentors. That's what parents and grandparents are for. People need to step up and take care of their own families. Kids in privileged homes have parents busting their *** to create that environment. They don't have time to worry about somebody else kids

Kids should be able to get an education but programs have been spending money on kids who don't or can't benefit from it. I saw an interview of an under privileged kid who was given a chance at college. She got knocked up and had to quit. She was pregnant again during the interview. She isn't cut out for a bright future. She needs a job and her tubes tied. Then she can look for her kids a man who is willing to be a dad to them.

sounds like you have an issue... Do you spend all of your time worrying about Trump and these so called privileged people? Not sure how you spend your day, but worrying about these things you have no control over would make the day longer....

I got your penny today, Here are my thoughts...

Rights and privileges are a delusion specific to our species.
In other animals on this planet there is no such thing as privilege and no such things as rights.
There are times when a predator doesn't try to eat the prey, it has absolutely nothing to do with privilege or rights.

Rights and privileges in humans is permission. Nothing more.
I'm not referring to the Bill of Rights, I am referring to the rights we give other human beings during interactions.
These rights become a sense of privilege. That privilege causes a behavior change by changing our expectations of ourselves and others.

Animals will kill you for many reasons. Yes, a predator may kill you and eat you but even prey animals will kill you for a variety of reasons including just because you are there. They don't usually bite you but they will kick you or trample you, if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Humans will not.
However, if you remove a human's comfort zone and force it to go into survival mode, rights and privileges go right out the window.
When facing death because you are starving the rights and privileges of others has very little importance.

In SHTF survival scenarios, rights and privileges are only given when they contribute to a survival condition. The controlling members of the group sets the rights and privileges for the other members of the group.
If one's rights and privileges can be revoked, they are not true conditions of life.

There are many examples of how rights and privileges are delusional portrayed in fiction. Literature and movies showing post-apocalyptic scenarios.
There is however natural conditions where rights and privileges can be revoked. Most common is our prisons, dictatorships and war.
In war, a bullet doesn't just bounce off your body because you have the right to life or are from a rich, powerful lineage. It doesn't care if you have privileges. It doesn't care if you have rights.

ya know, many people dont go to doctors because they believe God will help them. others believe that doctors may be one WAY God is helping them

same with assistance. many people believe God will provide, others believe God provides in many ways, including through assistance from others.

this is not the 60s or even the 80s. Grown ups cant hold legal adults responsible with out LAWS being enforced to help them do so. and adults who are not responsible are choosing their own path, not the woman they are with, so yes, it is primarily THE MAN who is responsible for being a FATHER to their kid(regardless of marital status)

my first husband has been more of a father to his kid, than the man I am unfortunately still married to has ever been.

dont take away reproductive rights, do more to make men behave like men.

everybody working is 'working for what they have', but how much and how much what they have is worth, is a matter many things that include unearned privileges

Good advice for anyone spending all their time worrying about any one thing, whether it be Trump or black people or Hilary or liberals ... etc ...

If anyone fitting the bill is reading this, I hope they take your advice.

I do think it is important to remember that we are all very fortunate because of our parents.