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by tjrDL6MjB2Zwwa 1253 days ago
> Life is unfair and we are all different. What you do with your talents and resources is what counts. Not what some ancestor of yours did. It’s ridiculous. If you do feel privileged, give away your wealth. If you don’t, then don’t. But for gods sake stop feeling guilt about things you didn’t do.

There's a video with Dsouza (spelling?) where he's speaking at a college campus with a bunch of college kids who are attacking him in the Q&A. He made the point that college admissions is limited and if they truly believed what they were saying, they would quit college to give another the opportunity they are privileged to have.

Of course there were reasons why that particular college kid didn't have to do that...and more power to said college kid, I would defend their right to stay.

But I've always loved the hypocrisy in that moment.