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> They worked hard and smart for decades with nothing that you could identify as being particularly lucky. Being born in, or allowed passage into, a society th

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  Added to clarify: To say "nothing that you could identify as being particularly lucky" is overlooking what Warren Buffet would call the "ovarian lottery" [0]. The average woman born into, say a rural Taliban stronghold and conservative household with many brothers and uncles is unlikely to ever have even a remote chance at being able to "work hard and smart" to become independently wealthy. So if not being born into that situation, is not considered lucky in terms of being able to create wealth, then are we only talking about luck after that fact? Just chopping off that inconvenient truth because it is so far removed from the blue-collar working class that grinds their way to a decent retirement? I come from a blue-collar working class family from the US mid-west that were heavily involved in the old union movements, and ignoring the above truths is something I was raised to believe - because "anything is possible with hard work and elbow grease". Sure, as long as you are lucky enough to be able to do so in the first place, but I guess that's not considered luck here? [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/16/warren-buffett-says-being-a-white-man-helped-him-succeed.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/16/warren-buffett-says-being-a-...