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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This bill was a great first step toward  trying to dismantle systemic racism.  Housing is where the rubber meets the road for lots of privileged people.  The assembly needs to become more progressive.  Just give it some time.  Playing the long game here. [/quote]

It’s now a privilege to own a SFH in a nice neighborhood? Doesn’t have anything to do with earning it?[/quote]

Different poster here. Of course it is a privilege to own a SFH in a nice neighborhood. Everything that you enjoy, which can only be enjoyed by a limited number of other people, is a privilege. You buying a ticket to see a movie in a theater with limited number of seats - that right there is a privilege.

All of mankind's advancements is in the seeking of privileges. Privilege is embedded in life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness:

People who live in a modern day representative democracy experience the privilege of superior guarantees of right to life.

People who live in Virginia enjoy the privilege of high degrees of personal liberty than people in Maryland in terms of gun ownership.

DP.  Well, nothing lasts forever.  Demographics change.  Political preferences change.  Notions of private property change, along with notions of justice.  For now, govt would have to compensate you if it takes your property.  But that is not what this  state  law proposal is about.  It’s usefully, in my view, about resetting our views of resource hoarding, fairness, and land use.  There is SO much racism embedded in so much of white suburban life.

People who work enjoy the privilege of having more disposable income than those who do not work or cannot work.

Privilege is all around us, it is the ether of human civilization. To say that privilege is a negative aspect of human civilization is like saying that athletic ability is a negative aspect of exercising.

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What if someone takes away your privilege and gives it to someone else? Is that embedded in life, liberty and pursuit of happiness?[/quote][/quote]

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