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So a "lucky" guy benefits from "society's success"?

Is it really how you see things?

That's the very definition of envy to me.

I'm more successful than 99.9% of people on the planet and 95% in the Bay Area by my current income and net worth, and yes 95% of that success is from pure luck (being born into a wealthy family, having my college paid for, being able to attend elite prep schools, starting life 500k in the black instead of 250k in the hole, and good life skills about how to save and invest instead of spend all my money...). I'm not selfish and I know I don't deserve this, it's just luck of the draw for the most part. I wish we didn't live in this pseudo-aristocratic society, and I want to do everything I can to give back and change so that future generations can be more equal.

There's a huge difference between acquired wealth and inherited wealth. Don't consider luck is the only way to success just because it was yours.

Socialism might give you good feelings, but might as well make it harder for those who were not lucky like you and count on hard work instead.

That's inequality, one I'm more concerned with.

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