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Originally Posted by premium1981
Cringe and think whatever you wish. I have been given exactly zero in my life. I went to a horrible school and barely passed. I lived the life of not being able to afford groceries. I had mice in my first house every day because I couldn't afford anything other than a run down place with holes in the subfloors. I have had my electricity cut off. I blamed others for a time early in my life. Then I decided to stop making excuses and make something of myself. Regardless to what the media tells you, everyone in middle class and above were not handed it on a silver platter. In fact, most have had to work for it. I do not know a single person who has had generational wealth handed down to them. Not one. Life is full of choices. Many make bad choices and claim their destination is because of something other than their own doing. Again, those are facts.
Want an example? Let's go take a stroll down anytown USA. Find 100 people who are "poor and unfortunate". Now, out of those 100 people, tell me how many of them waste money on alcohol, cigarettes, and/or lottery tickets. We both know what the results would be. Its CHOICES, not privilege.
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Mice in your house?!?! Parents that sent you to a “bad” school…Get out of here!! I think I speak for blowout when I say, thank goodness the good choices you made led you to a point in life where you could share such wisdom with the community here.
I swear there must be a book or website somewhere that people can copy and paste responses like this to combat the dreaded privilege conversation…it’s okay to admit that many of us have advantages that some will never have. I just wish accepting those realities wasn’t so hard for people. It doesn’t diminish the successes we have enjoyed in life.
Obviously I have been over-served per usual, so I will log off for a while.