Becoming rich is largely a matter of luck

Just read the following webpage:


If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s just chance.



I think people have no idea how much our lives are ruled by randomness.
One may often need certain qualities to become rich, but out of all
these people who have such qualities, only a small percentage of them
will become rich, and that through sheer luck.

Inequality in the USA.

People
in the USA who are more wealthy than between 80-90% of the rest of the
population are roughly as well off as they would be if all the wealth
were distributed uniformly. So I find it curious that so many
people belligerently defend this state of affairs. What does this tell
us about their intelligence and morality?

England where I live is pretty bad, but not quite as bad as the USA.