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by AnIdiotOnTheNet 1608 days ago
A convenient philosophy for those who gain an advantage from the unfairness.
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Perhaps, but also for those that simply want to try to improve their lives without the baggage of constantly feeling that the world is oppressing them.

Personally, whatever little I have is probably 1/3 luck, 1/3 hard work, 1/3 good decision making. I've never inherited a single $1, don't have a CEO relative to hire me, etc... but what good would it do to blame the world for any of that? Life _isn't_ always fair, whatever.

Exactly. I have had several opportunities in life to get a significant advancement in income, but it would have meant doing something unethical, so I passed.