Everything comes down to luck. Some people here think that outside of looks, there is some think like "Merit" that comes from working hard and succeeding. But the reality, the true blackpill is that everything comes down to luck. There is no merit, no just deserving. Everyone wants to be happy and would've worked toward that if he had confidence/capacity/sheer luck. And the thing is that even confidence/capacity comes from luck, from being born in the right country, having a good education or good initial life experiences, having some positive feedbacks at the right moment, good genetics, resilience (and that also come from genetics, life experiences, education, positive feedback etc). There is absolutely 0 thing in this world that doesn't come down to sheer dumb luck, there is no merit, no bad person, no good person, no deserving person, no non-deserving person, what separates the most successfull or the most beautiful person and the biggest failure and the most ugly person is just a throw of dice, sheer luck.
There is this quote from Schopenhauer that sums life perfectly "A man’s life is like the voyage of a ship, where luck — secunda aut adversa fortuna — acts the part of the wind, and speeds the vessel on its way or drives it far out of its course. All that the man can do for himself is of little avail; like the rudder, which, if worked hard and continuously, may help in the navigation of the ship; and yet all may be lost again by a sudden squall. But if the wind is only in the right quarter, the ship will sail on so as not to need any steering. The power of luck is nowhere better expressed than in a certain Spanish proverb: Da Ventura a tu hijo, y echa lo en el mar — give your son luck and throw him into the sea."
(the thing is that, even the ability the steer is DUE TO LUCK )
There is this quote from Schopenhauer that sums life perfectly "A man’s life is like the voyage of a ship, where luck — secunda aut adversa fortuna — acts the part of the wind, and speeds the vessel on its way or drives it far out of its course. All that the man can do for himself is of little avail; like the rudder, which, if worked hard and continuously, may help in the navigation of the ship; and yet all may be lost again by a sudden squall. But if the wind is only in the right quarter, the ship will sail on so as not to need any steering. The power of luck is nowhere better expressed than in a certain Spanish proverb: Da Ventura a tu hijo, y echa lo en el mar — give your son luck and throw him into the sea."
(the thing is that, even the ability the steer is DUE TO LUCK )
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