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by selfmodruntime 1158 days ago
Affluence is not always privilege. It can be hard earned.
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> Affluence is not always privilege. It can be hard earned.

But once you're affluent, you're almost by definition privileged, surely?

My Google results defined it as follows:

“ A privilege is a certain entitlement to immunity granted by the state or another authority to a restricted group, either by birth or on a conditional basis”