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Hmm? The way to address privilege isn't to take from the privileged, though. Maybe I'm missing something in your hypothetical? The goal isn't to reduce privilege, but to raise everyone up to the same level so that no particular class is "privileged".
Reparations are a thing, which can potentially be what you're describing, but overall this isn't a zero-sum game or a math equation. The bulk of the solution is simply for people to respect other people.
Sure, respect alone won't necessarily address class or wealth privilege, but it would address most forms that people normally talk about (and that are being talked about here) - preferential treatment due to race, culture, sexual orientation, sex, gender, ability, etcetcetc.
Like, all of those could be addressed entirely by a change in culture, with not a single person being worse off than they were before, so to view it as transactional can become misleading, I think.