• grue@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    5 days ago

    I agree there should only be two categories, but I think “birth lottery” should be a subset of “dumb luck,” not the other way around.

    • geneva_convenience
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      5 days ago

      I cannot think of many dumb people who got rich by themselves. Unless they win the actual lottery instead of the birth lottery

      • grue@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        edit-2
        5 days ago

        “Dumb luck” doesn’t imply the person is dumb, just that the quality of their decision-making had no bearing on their success. Even geniuses can have dumb luck.

      • PolandIsAStateOfMind
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        edit-2
        5 days ago

        Unless they win the actual lottery

        Not only overwhelming most of lotteries winnings, while looking good to us bareass paupers, are pittance compared to wealth of people who are rich, but also people winning lotteries lack the foundations rich need to remains rich (second chart) and usually lose everything pretty fast.