One aspect of privilege is being in row 2, column 1 1 — that is, being able to avoid the consequences of your actions… often by deflecting them onto people you don’t especially care about. 2
There are entire regulatory regimes and tax systems dedicated to slotting people and corporations into one or the other of those boxes. It’s what the billionaires building those massive escape-the-collapse compounds are planning for. And it’s what people whining about “woke” are helping to prop up.
If you’re rich and/or connected enough, you probably figure you can stay safely in row 2, column 1, using your resources to avoid the worst of the fallout as, say, our climate deteriorates and our civil society starts to crumble. So maybe you aren’t as concerned as you might otherwise be about reducing carbon emissions, protecting civil rights and investing in public services and community infrastructure.
And if you’re especially cold-blooded, you may have decided those finding-out-anyway people will be a lot readier to settle for a shitty deal after a few years of living in growing desperation.
Just remember: history has many examples of the row 2, column 1 people moving up a row very abruptly at the hands of the row 2, column 2 people.