Living with privilege is a lot more comfortable if you pretend you don’t have it. There’s an ancient Greek virtue, Aidos, which is the knowledge when you’re richer than the people around you that you don’t really deserve it, and the shame and humility that result from that knowledge. None of those feelings are pleasant; easier to pretend that the world is fair and you earned everything you have.
Living with privilege is a lot more comfortable if you pretend you don’t have it. There’s an ancient Greek virtue, Aidos, which is the knowledge when you’re richer than the people around you that you don’t really deserve it, and the shame and humility that result from that knowledge. None of those feelings are pleasant; easier to pretend that the world is fair and you earned everything you have.