Is having gratitude an option only for the privileged? Well, those who are privileged don't have enough gratitude either.

Some people think promoting the concept of gratitude is a bias enjoyed by folks with privilege. Not everyone has lots of things to be thankful for.

Still gratitude is important as even folks with privilege often don't have gratitude either. They are complaining about taxes, crime, their neighborhoods changing and so forth.

Gratitude is also pretty important for folks trying to improve their situations as people, who aren't that happy with their situations, often quarrel among themselves in a sea of complaint. The perfect can be the enemy of the good.

Quarreling often opens the door to "divide and conquer;" a tactic used by folks in power to stay in power.