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How many people who win lottery tickets become wealthy? Most of them squander the money they win, so your point about simply being lucky is not true.

As for your question lottery winner having the power proportional to his money, is much better than bureaucrats having power to take anyone's money.

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Netflix ran a documentary recently about what happens to the zillions paid to football players.

Spoiler Alert: they spend it like it was water, and when their short career is over, they have nothing.

Obtaining excessive wealth is the same as winning the lottery (the billionaire founder class).

Edit: Q: If you downvote this comment, do you believe someone like Zuckerberg was predestined to be a billionaire?

He was certainly not predestined, but his inclinations and temperaments did distinguish him. True some luck is involved; it is a necessary part, but individuals are often what induces the procuring of wealth.

If you monte carloed it, I’m sure he would do way better than average, but given how rare the current outcome is, I firmly believe it is mostly luck.

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