Buying art has become the privilege of the very rich.
And I found insidious the situation whereby access to music had become the privilege of the elite.
As wood became scarce over time, wooden houses became the privilege of the noble class in certain communities, as exemplified by the homes of the Merina nobility in the 19th century Kingdom of Madagascar.
But it was not considered proper for "beggars of the riverbed," as Kabuki actors were called, to stage the art which had become the exclusive privilege of the warrior class.
The more commonplace a device you became, the fewer privileges you had".
Now the $8 yellow decal that served as a get-out-of-traffic-free card is about to become meaningless: the privilege, originally set to expire in 2008, was legislatively extended twice, and now ends July 1.
The Statute of Monopolies of 1623 confirmed that monopolies were contrary to common law but made exceptions for patentable inventions, and a statute of 1601 became the basis of the privileges enjoyed by charitable trusts.
Ironically, we see the very thing defined as the access point to privilege become the thing that gets the model fired so much for light-skinned privilege.
In this sideways universe, making sense of the show became the responsibility, and even the privilege, of the viewers rather than the producers.
Regrettably, those of us with all the privilege have become the most complacent.
