BigBen

Those are also ways of achieving success, but the term "Wealth" applies to an abundance of something, not just money.

You may create lots of money if you have a good work ethic. Some may even call you "Wealthy". I say that one does not need these magical skills you posess to be wealthy. You may be born into a privledged class and location.

In my opinion, yes. In my definition, I would leave out the terms 'lazy' and 'slug'. That's just me.



I think you and I are much closer than you originally propose; I am not talking communism here, but rather a set of rules that society follows that allows the rising and falling based on our merits. You do not want privledge to be passed on to the incompetent, do you? You don't want the meritous homeless child to be without any chance of improvement, do you?

I think I got this idea from Friedman, but any philosophy majors out there should correct me promptly. This is not a new concept, and I fear I am doing it a disservice by butchering the definition so badly. It is just this:

I want everyone to have the same chance, whether you are in a position of extreme wealth or poverty.

And I would beg to disagree about the whole lottery thing, Ustwo. I think you and I won the baby lottery, and are living in our repsective locations instead of Bangladesh, the Ivory Coast, Somalia, and 100 other countries. Do you catch what I'm throwing?

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