New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- Which is the land that exemplifies 'rags to riches,' where you can be anything in the world? I am sure the US will come to mind. You know all those glamorous stories of college drop-outs, guys who started out in garages and made it big.

But dig into the details and the stories don't quite hold up. To give a few examples: founders Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Elon Musk of Tesla, Space X, etc, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Michael Dell of Dell Computer all came from privileged backgrounds. as did Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway.

The 'merit' argument that anyone can make it always tries to downplay privilege because those who make it usually have it. How does privilege work? Let me count the ways.

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