The stupid "privilege in the past" argument is a standard of debt/social responsibility more or less uniquely applied to trans women It's less common to be able to shift out of a theoretically privileged position post-utero, but if I lose my eyesight tomorrow will I have "debt"?https://twitter.com/maidensblade/status/1329479634954690562 …
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I.e. being a duke technically means you inherit the rank and the seat in the House of Lords but it no longer *guarantees* any money, land or direct administrative power Most dukes also inherit a lot of money but there's no longer any direct connection between the two
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This is why you had that whole situation in the 19th century where people technically were lords and ladies but the farmland and money that went with that was getting steadily stripped away so they were desperate to marry their kids off to commoners who owned shoe factories
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