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"Not lucky enough" - that just gauls me every time I hear it. If someone chooses to slack off (only HS education w/o trade and w/o entreprenurial ambition)... They are automatically ranked by the willfully ignorant as "unlucky." Please! There has never been a place and time in the history of mankind when a man with a will could not make something of himself as today! A man with an idea can easily and quickly form a company of one... And can hire overseas to build his idea... Get it shipped to any market he chooses, advertise his idea in any way he chooses, and make a profit in any way he chooses. Today, the world is open to any individual that chooses to work.

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Judging others is an impossible task. We use the word "unlucky" because we do not truly know that person. Yes, they could be lazy, but they could also have mental or physical problems that are beyond their control.

So, we say "unlucky" because it hints at the fact that many of the gifts that we humans have were not individually earned (intelligence, will-power, mental sanity, life, general health, your parents, etc). Nobody is in full control of their life, so we cannot judge them with impunity for the way their life worked out.

Those working lads extracting diamonds in Congo with their bare hands don't have much of an opening in the world either. I'm sure they don't work hard enough to deserve it.

It's pretty clear the domain of this discussion is first world, Western countries of Canada, US, and the EU.

But of course! Let me cater to those of your kind:

Those low class lads working for less than the minimum wage without any means nor family support don't have much of an opening in the world either. I'm sure they don't work hard enough to deserve it.

Refer to wikipedia for any futher clarifications on "poverty" or "poverty in the First World" in general.

Very funny. Solutions to relative poverty in the first world are different from solutions to absolute poverty everywhere else.

The comment I was replying to wasn't talking about solutions, nor does the article, not in depth.

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