WELL, WE CERTAINLY CAN’T ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WORK HARD AND SAVE: The Post-Modern Emphasis on “Dumb Luck.” “Attributing one’s success in life to dumb luck makes it politically expedient for politicians to raise taxes on those who are successful and pander to the ‘less fortunate’ by telling them nothing is their fault as they are victims of circumstances beyond one’s control. The unsuccessful (who are the majority) feel vindicated and the politicians have goodies to pretend to distribute–the goodies of those with dumb luck.”