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by trog 1161 days ago
> Affluence is not always privilege. It can be hard earned.

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

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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”