Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.

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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Endless numbers of people are privileged above, or underprivileged in relation to, endless other numbers of people when you account for the near endless ways in which privilege can be measured.

What about that makes it silly?

And who gets to determine what measures we use: Someone pretty privileged.

Most it's about self-reflection and recognizing that others don't necessary experience the world in the way that you do.

The supposed need to find a clearly-defined hierarchy is a common but meaningless straw man.

Most people refrain from those things based on a cost/benefit analysis.

This is where you and I most fundamentally differ. And, oddly, you insist on the classic economics viewpoint.

But I do think your way of thinking is particularly more common among white, relatively affluent, men

And what you've described is not maturity. What you've described is being empathetic. Those are two very different things.

Nope. They aren't exactly the same thing, but there's a ton of overlap.

As I can now play the parent card, developing from "I can't do that because it's bad for me" to "I can't do that because I don't want to harm you" is going to be a high priority for Tiny Baby.

Naivete and empathy run together a lot.

That's hilarious.