[portaouflop]

It’s all luck and randomness - that’s why both of you fail to come up with any rational explanation.

You can be upper class and get all the best resources etc and still be a piece of shit human being that has a net negative impact.

You can be dirt poor and not have any education or even hope - and you can become one of the most influential people on the planet.

[ndriscoll]

Yes, there is an element of randomness. I was addressing the idea that if someone is nominally a great person, then it "doesn't count" as much if they were lucky enough to have good genetics or mentorship or circumstances or whatever, which is nonsense. The only reason to care about circumstances is so that we know what to encourage more of to shift that probability distribution (evidently I don't think "money" is the critical factor here).