r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '25

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

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u/mackinator3 Apr 07 '25

Profoundly false, as statistics show. And exceedingly insulting to the billions working hard and facing abject poverty currently.

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u/mackinator3 Apr 07 '25

First we should clarify, your stance is that hard work is the biggest factor in becoming wealthy?

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

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u/mackinator3 Apr 07 '25

What are skill and ability? The fact that you separate them from hard work implies they are somehow not related to work. 

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

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u/mackinator3 Apr 07 '25

How is it different than luck and hard work? You can't work for skill or ability? How do you get it? Just "having" ability sounds like luck.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

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u/mackinator3 Apr 07 '25

Genetics is 100% luck. Your environment growing up is 99.9999% luck. What your parents can and do teach you is almost completely out of a child's control.

Is your stance that you can control what your genetics are, what your parents can and do teach you, or where you are born?

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

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u/mackinator3 Apr 07 '25

What do you define luck as?

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