[ExI] Social right to have a living

[Stefano Vaj]

On 30 May 2011 20:18, Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com> wrote:

> The other day I met a fellow who's father was a very poor copper miner
> in the Atacama dessert of Chile.


And the head of a very minimal Jewish sect managed to found one of the most
widespread religion in the world and be adored for centuries as a living
god. Yes, it may happen, but anecdotical evidence in social sciences is
exactly what obfuscates, rather than clarify, what actually happens.

Part of becoming rich is wanting to become rich badly enough to do
> whatever is necessary to do so.
>

Indeed, but there are other ingredients to it, and commercial acumen is
often a rather secondary one, even in societies which were founded, and are
organised, around this far from universal idea.

Actually, beauty, physical performances, risk propension, leadership (as in
organising revolutions and becoming king...) and sheer luck usually play a
much greater role, even though by no mean they can be considered on the same
level as pre-existing money in determining one's wealth.

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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