On the choice of viewing your own fortunate circumstances as due to your virtue and hard work: I remember reading about a study in which the experimenters had little groups play Monopoly. One player was given extra cash at the outset, and a special rule (I don't remember what) that made their cruising around the board easier. When the game was over, they asked all the players to what they attributed that player's victory. The others said the advantages made the difference but the player given the edge up usually said it was his or her own skill and smarts, not the extra cash and favorable rule. I've read that the game of Monopoly was invented by a socialist to illustrate the problems with capitalism, which it does...this experiment is pretty illuminating as well.
On the choice of viewing your own fortunate circumstances as due to your virtue and hard work: I remember reading about a study in which the experimenters had little groups play Monopoly. One player was given extra cash at the outset, and a special rule (I don't remember what) that made their cruising around the board easier. When the game was over, they asked all the players to what they attributed that player's victory. The others said the advantages made the difference but the player given the edge up usually said it was his or her own skill and smarts, not the extra cash and favorable rule. I've read that the game of Monopoly was invented by a socialist to illustrate the problems with capitalism, which it does...this experiment is pretty illuminating as well.
Monopoly was invented by a Georgist as "The Landlord's Game".
Henry George and his economic thinking are worth deeper study.
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-progress-and-poverty