[_jgdh]

To be fair, it requires a lot self awareness and external education to learn about your own privilege and how difficult (relatively) other people have it. It's not easy.

[rvn1045]

It really does not in a place like India where differences between the rich and the ultra poor are everywhere to witness. You cannot miss it. 90% of the country is living in poverty.

[t-writescode]

Buddha may have been able to tell things were a bit weird for him as an aristocrat, but not everyone has that level of introspection.

It’s very easy to look at all one’s own struggles and think them similar to someone else’s struggles, even if that other person has struggled far more.

If it’s 1% possible to achieve something and you did achieve it, you may think you and the person for whom it is 0.01% possible are similar, but they’ve had experiences and struggles you can’t fathom. I use the general ‘you’, maybe not you-you.

[fmajid]

Caste is not necessarily associated with wealth. My dad's old teacher in Hyderabad was a Brahmin and he lived in very modest circumstances.

[vkou]

Yes, but its not hard to convince yourself that you live in a meritocracy, and that your society is the natural outcome of sorting people by merit.

It's hard for a man to understand something, when his self-esteem depends on him not understanding it.