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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Calling the rich lucky is no better than calling the poor lazy
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Hmmm.....not really.
One of the things is that Wealthy people often are lucky insofar as they tend to get a head start.
Bezos' family could afford to help fund his business, thats fortunate, my parents couldnt. I'm not saying thats the difference between blowing up rockets for fun and asking me if I 'want fries with that' but fortune can still be a factor.
A fascinating experiment was once done where College Students played Monopoly. One of the players by pure chance, a flip of a coin, was selected to start the game with twice as much money as the other players.
That player typically won and more often than not attributed that victory to their sheer superior Monopoly-playing skillz (<- yes with a 'z') as opposed to their starting with a huge advantage.