• Slotos@feddit.nl
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    15
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    1 year ago

    Millionaires often worked for their money. Billionaires often worked for their first millions too. Problem is, difference between a billion and a million is about a billion.

    On the other side of the argument, the amount of people that work harder and smarter than any given billionaire and have nothing is simply staggering. If it wasn’t down to luck, they’d all be billionaires.

    So yeah, it is dumb luck. Randomness is not uniform, and someone ends up being close to the time and place of a local spike.

    • Catsrules@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Except life is much more complicated than that.

      Working hard and being smart doesn’t equal to having lots of money.

      Luck also doesn’t equal having lots of money. How many “lucky” people have won the jack pot? And lost it all in a manner of months/years?

      Not saying luck doesn’t play a part maybe even a huge part but it just seems silly to attribute someone’s success to luck.

      • Slotos@feddit.nl
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Please reflect on the fact that until you joined the discussion, we didn’t talk about equating success to luck.

        Afterwards, you will likely notice that your jackpot argument reinforces mine.

        • Catsrules@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          Please reflect on the fact that until you joined the discussion,

          Please lets not be condescending here. I will rephrase, instead of success I will say wealth. I used the two interchangeably as many people judge your success based on your wealth.

          we didn’t talk about equating success to luck.

          Didn’t you say this here.

          On the other side of the argument, the amount of people that work harder and smarter than any given billionaire and have nothing is simply staggering. If it wasn’t down to luck, they’d all be billionaires.