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No, if it was actually like monopoly there is 0 chance of succeeding once people have established themselves.

You have a finite number of bets you can make in your life, if you waste them by partying, gambling and being high on drugs then yeah, I can see how it can feel like it's impossible to succeed.

And life is a lot easier than these board games, there isn't one winner in life.

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I think it's interesting that partying and drug use make 2 out of 3 slots in your list of useless bets that are sure to make you fail. Aren't there whole classes of extremely wealthy people who are known for drugs use and constant partying? The real central point here is wasting time. If your partying and drug use is using money for no return, your time is not paying off and you're heading down. But parties and drugs can absolutely be tools of social connection and creative exploration, which can be rewarded very highly depending on who your socializing with and what you create.

>Aren't there whole classes of extremely wealthy people who are known for drugs use and constant partying?

Yes, and they deplete their family's centuries-old hoards of wealth within 2 generations.

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