Reply #31: That sounds like it would have been Edwards's life if his [View All]

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parents got sick.

Clearly, Edwards got lucky by doing exactly what he was good at, and working hard in school and in his career. But privileged? I'm not sure. I'm not sure which privilege he benefitted from.

He also got lucky by graduating into the tail end of the Golden Age of economic progress (thanks to FDR - the 50s to mid 70s). Had Edwards been born when you were, he might have not have even had the chances he had by being 13 years older than you are. His father might not have had a job, and his mother might not have been able to get that job at the post office which gave his family decent, cheap health care. (Today, they're trying to privatize the post office and his father's job would have moved to the Phillipines.)