SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Everyone works hard who isn’t born rich.
The working class people who are successful are literally just luckier than the others.
If everyone had equal opportunities then there would be way more people lucky enough to be handed the opportunity to do well.
Luck is at least 95% of success
realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 1 week ago
Hmm I think you can get moderate success with 95% hard work. 5% of bad luck can keep you from that.
There are very, very few who made it big with hard work, like being CEOs and stuff. For them, yeah I’d agree that luck was 95% of success (or being intelligent enough to come up with something notable and unique, which is also luck)
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 week ago
What “moderate” success do you want me to say you are responsible for through your hard work?
Being born into a family instead of the foster care system?
Being born into a non-impoverished family?
Being born during a time in human history where you were allowed to read and write and own property? (if you are a woman or colored, more than half the population.)
Not having all your possessions burned in a fire and then having no insurance because you can’t afford it?
Being lucky enough every single day that you don’t randomly lose everything through no fault of your own?
Every person born in every situation gets a roll of the dice.
Your roll was luckier than the people you look down on but less lucky than the people you envy.