Checking your privilege = boosting their status
In other words, those trained at elite universities to repeat slogans like this do not actually object to status hierarchies.
Their goal is to look down on you — the privilege checked is never their own.
Their goal is to look down on you — the privilege checked is never their own.
The hard way to gain status is to build something, to accomplish something, to add value.
The easy way is to accuse someone else of being a bad person.
It’s a status-acquisition hack, quick way to gain relative status.
Changing incentives here is key...
The easy way is to accuse someone else of being a bad person.
It’s a status-acquisition hack, quick way to gain relative status.
Changing incentives here is key...
