To provide just one tiny illustration of what I'm referring to, you wrote, correctly, that "the guy is rich/famous because he landed jobs as an actor..." That's entirely right but how come HE landed that job and not any of the millions of other Americans who can perform just as well as he can (for honestly, acting is the simplest fucking thing on God's green earth) and the answer is simply that Someone had to get that break, much as Someone has to win the lottery. Believing in the shaman's explanations for why John won instead of Rob though is silly - same for why Joaquin won instead of any of the thousands of struggling actors who are at least as capable (and less volitile) than him.

I'm tempted to respond sillilly just for fun but I also think it would be fun to briefly address your comment soberly. What to do?

The chip things seems fair. I mean, believing in good luck rather than bad luck is certainly more likely to bring you good luck, so thank you for that self-help tidbit.

As for a grand conspiracy of Jews who pull the strings from behind the curtain... you misunderstood me. Fairly enough because most people who write tiny comments such that one that I offered probably are referring to such paranoias but I simply meant that the capitalistic system is more like a lottery system. Someone DOES have to win based on the odds of the thing but the winner is based more on arbitrary matters than on the capitalistic pablum that's been spoonfed the American public for the past hundred and fifty years.

okay, now I'll go with silly: cocky doody face! ha ha ha ha ha ha

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