Genuinely engaging with the issue of luck would run counter to the primary function of hustle culture, which is to construct a sense of agency despite being mir

Genuinely engaging with the issue of luck would run counter to the primary function of hustle culture, which is to construct a sense of agency despite being mired in systems designed to take it away from us. An adherent admitting that a huge amount of success boils down to luck would be like a sovereign citizen admitting that they're not in an admiralty court. It gives away the very power that the mythology tells them they're entitled to claim.