Yes. Class privilege is real. That is where my privilege comes from - having parents able to send me to a private school. Economic class does correlate with race/ethnicity to a certain extent but not with gender & not consistently with race. Many of my classmates South Asian https://twitter.com/ineedmoretea/status/944741847502655488 …
I agree, but I did not intend to make a moral point here (about undeserved privilege etc.). A hard working, caring ruler without economic and cultural ties to her subjects might simply lack incentives and models for governing them well.