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Originally Posted by Savage Clone
Re: old money/trust funds, minding one's p's and q's and kissing ass until someone dies is not equal to building a fortune for one's self through one's own efforts[. . .]
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agreed. my only point was that you earn inheritances more than winning lottery tickets. but neither is equal to the virtue of the self-made man.
the thing is, when most people buy lottery tickets, they have no intention of using the money to help mankind; they have every intention of using it to buy mansions on the river and vintage lamborghinis. that's perfectly ok, and there's nothing inherently wrong with that whether you earned it or won it; it's just that you can't substitute your blind hopes of extraordinarily good luck for your rationality and the self-realization that comes with seeking those riches through your own effort. if you're GIVEN the money there's nothing wrong with accepting it (unless it was accumulated at the involuntary expense of others or through otherwise immoral means), but to exclusively focus your efforts on winning the money, or to take a blind chance of incurring great harm in the hopes of gaining something that is purely luck-o'-the-draw, is patently irrational.