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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by screye on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @11:44AM (#23324997)
> really good at the game

Called being born rich.

Plenty of idiots succeed because success was granted to them the day they were born.

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Also, a lot of times when you see an idiot succeeding, the idiot is a face for people to criticize while the master minds go about doing their magic, unseen.

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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by tcgv on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:12PM (#23326473)
There are also plenty of people who weren't born rich, played the game well, and "made it". Probably not as much as those who were born rich and got a head start.
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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by typon on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:35PM (#23326837)
By "plenty" you mean roughly < 5% of the population.

[1] https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs...

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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by AbrahamParangi on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @11:53AM (#23325125)
Being rich isn't the same as succeeding.
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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by screye on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @02:08PM (#23327343)
In this context, most commenters are implying society's perception of success which is intimately tied to money.

If the definition of success is completely left to a person's own devices, the whole argument of the "game" falls apart too. Since there is no game to play.

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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by koheripbal on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @12:44PM (#23325999)
No, but there's definitely a correlation, on average.
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