• Catsrules@lemmy.ml
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    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.

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      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.

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        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.