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friedman23 | 3 years ago

Ah yeah, you should have told that to my immigrant parents who came here with nothing.

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amelius|3 years ago

The game features a set of dice, so anecdotes such as this one are not impossible, it's just that you need to be extremely lucky.

friedman23|3 years ago

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.

bawolff|3 years ago

This seems unlikely to me, do you have any stats to back it up.

Also immigrants usually don't come to literak nothing. While its certainly difficult for them, usually there are cultural or religious groups that help them out or they have family that immigrated before them to help them get on their feet.

AussieWog93|3 years ago

From what I've seen, unsuccessful immigrants are the exception rather than the norm.