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When we speak of privilege and luck, we are entangled in language-games. “Privilege” is a word we use to describe a certain arrangement of circumstances; “luck” is a word for the unpredictable.

But what does it mean to say someone is privileged or lucky? The meaning is in the use, yet the use is slippery. If I say, “He is privileged,” am I describing a fact, or merely expressing an attitude? If I say, “She is lucky,” am I stating a cause, or only naming an effect? In the end, our talk of privilege and luck dissolves into a series of moves in a game with no clear rules. Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent—but we rarely do.