But socialism for adults is abhorrent. The world does not owe you a living. You had your childhood. Now its time to grow up and stand on your own two feet. Buy health insurance. Get a job. I don't care if your gangrenous foot drops off. Its not my problem. You're an adult. Look after yourself. I don't want to look after you. Stop demanding the government steals my money to make up for your shortcomings.
Right. I agree with you to an extent, although as always you've phrased things in a particularly Thorky way.
But there is no doubt that privilege exists. Not "white privilege", but in general.
The video you posted says Bob teleported across the river, implying he didn't have to do anything. That's obviously bollox.
I had to work hard to get my degree and career which has enabled me to buy quite a nice house. It wasn't just given to me.
But, and we've had this conversation before, I recognise that I had advantages from growing up in a stable home with 2 parents and while we weren't rolling in money we were comfortably off.
Dad made some investments for me which helped with the deposit on my first place and I'm old enough that I was able to scramble on the property ladder before the bottom rung went out of reach and that enabled me to take the step up to the place I have now. Kids starting out now have no chance.
You gave some stats about how much black people earn in the US, I had a look and while you're right, that's only 2/3rds of what white people earn. Boo! Racism! Right?
Well no, because Asians in the US earn more than whites, on average. Because they have a real culture of working hard and there's lots of family pressure for them to succeed.
The issue for black people in the US is historic racism means that, on average, their starting point is lower. So while in theory the opportunities for them are the same as for anyone, in practice it's not as easy for them to climb the ladder, they have further to climb, statistically speaking.