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[โ€“] EdibleSource@lemmy.ml 79 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Being born into a rich western country.

[โ€“] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, me too. I pat myself on the back for this one nearly every day. Probably the best financial decision I ever made.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Underrated answer. Meritocracy is a lie, folks, even within the West. If you do everything perfectly you will climb a little bit, and only on average. All the counterexamples you're thinking of are people who won a lottery of some kind. And of course, birth is also a lottery.