This is neither a troll nor survivor’s bias. My brother also makes great money.
What does it have to do with lottery? I’m suggesting that hard work and diligence makes you successful. Sure, I’m moderately intelligent (or I might not have been able to learn web dev, etc.), but if others are not intelligent enough to pull themselves up in the world, it’s not my job to pay them more for not being intelligent. People that are less intelligent can do labor jobs and get paid less. It’s not an insult. It’s common sense and it has always been the case. Even the poorest of poor laborers in America have a better life than the middle class in some countries. Anybody who’s got $1000 phone (read: just about everyone) has no right to complain about how expensive it is to afford an apartment and that somebody else should help them pay for that by forcing them to pay higher wages... this nonsense is completely nuts.
$1,000 is much more than some sub-Saharan Africans and some Asians can afford to eat in 1 year.
If you have enough money for a phone that costs as much as another man’s year’s worth of food, your woes are irrelevant.
It sucks when people who don’t have the things they want, and live in areas they don’t want to live. But in the grand scheme of things, these are all conditions that we control. Unless you are incapable of providing for yourself (truly handicapped), and then the only reason you don’t have, to a certain degree, what you want, is that you don’t want it bad enough. If you have even a moment of downtime (TV, gaming, relaxing), then you live in luxury compared to those who relentlessly pursue their dreams.
What does it have to do with lottery? I’m suggesting that hard work and diligence makes you successful. Sure, I’m moderately intelligent (or I might not have been able to learn web dev, etc.), but if others are not intelligent enough to pull themselves up in the world, it’s not my job to pay them more for not being intelligent. People that are less intelligent can do labor jobs and get paid less. It’s not an insult. It’s common sense and it has always been the case. Even the poorest of poor laborers in America have a better life than the middle class in some countries. Anybody who’s got $1000 phone (read: just about everyone) has no right to complain about how expensive it is to afford an apartment and that somebody else should help them pay for that by forcing them to pay higher wages... this nonsense is completely nuts.